Which navigation risk increased beyond coastal waters because loss of celestial visibility via cloud cover affected celestial?

💡 Explanation

Uncertain celestial fix on Viking voyages caused increased longitudinal drift, since the mechanism for course correction depended on repeated astronomical observations; therefore imprecise positioning occurred rather than ballast issues.

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