Three explorers are about to embark on a 3 month, 30,000 km drive across northern Europe and Russia in the dead of winter. The nominal goal is to drive to the town in Siberia that has the lowest average temperature of any habitable place outside Antarctica. The team also will "explore the social, cultural and physical implications of Winter on the communities along the route, looking at different attitudes to the cold."
From the map posted on the web site, the team will visit Oymyakon on the River Lena, along the infamous Road of Bones, about halfway between Yakutsk and Magadan in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Siberia, Russia. The weather station near Oymyakon recorded a low temperature of -90F / -68C in 1933. Oymyakon has recorded temperatures of -60F or lower for the entire month of January. Brrrr!
The team picked up a Defender 110 last month. The vehicle was specially modified for the trip by Land Rover engineers. I couldn't find any details about the modifications. The team plans to leave England in late November 2013. Read more about their plans at http://www.poleofcold.com/
The Defender looks pretty stock to me. No Iceland-style oversize tires for glacier driving.
The expedition is sponsored by the Royal Geographic Society's Land Rover Bursary fund, which provides vehicles, technical assistance and financial support to adventurers who include a Defender 110 in their project. The deadline for next year's funding is the end of November. Read more about the fund here
http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Grants/E...ependent+travel+grants/Land+Rover+Bursary.htm
From the map posted on the web site, the team will visit Oymyakon on the River Lena, along the infamous Road of Bones, about halfway between Yakutsk and Magadan in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Siberia, Russia. The weather station near Oymyakon recorded a low temperature of -90F / -68C in 1933. Oymyakon has recorded temperatures of -60F or lower for the entire month of January. Brrrr!
The team picked up a Defender 110 last month. The vehicle was specially modified for the trip by Land Rover engineers. I couldn't find any details about the modifications. The team plans to leave England in late November 2013. Read more about their plans at http://www.poleofcold.com/
The Defender looks pretty stock to me. No Iceland-style oversize tires for glacier driving.
The expedition is sponsored by the Royal Geographic Society's Land Rover Bursary fund, which provides vehicles, technical assistance and financial support to adventurers who include a Defender 110 in their project. The deadline for next year's funding is the end of November. Read more about the fund here
http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Grants/E...ependent+travel+grants/Land+Rover+Bursary.htm