Technical Innovations

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February 2008

Keeping tracks and wheels turning at sub-zero temps

The Antarctic is as off-highway as off-highway gets. In many respects it is the ultimate mobility proving ground, with an extraordinary span of winter and summer temperatures from -90 to +15°C (-130 to +59°F). The coldest, driest, and windiest continent on Earth, 98% of its area is covered in ice to an average thickness of 1.6 km (1 mi). Not surprisingly, such extreme conditions mean it has no permanent human residents.
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