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Old Apr 17, 2019 | 9:00 am
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It's almost never going to be wind-optimal to route over the pole itself, you can always find some more favorable net wind slightly to one side or the other.

Also I don't think any of the defined polar tracks go exactly over the pole, for a variety of navigational and political reasons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_route
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