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How to make a digger ready for Antarctica

This is what's needed to convert a CAT D6N to cope with what are probably the harshest conditions... in the world

Posted: 10 Jan 2013

As you may know, Ranulph Fiennes is walking across Antarctica this summer. And he's taking some wheels. Well, sort of...

His support vehicles are a pair of CAT D6Ns. And as you've probably guessed, they've not been pulled from the nearest roadworks and plonked on a ship - these are specially-converted to cope with the minus 70 degree temperatures (MINUS SEVENTY!), ice, snow, and that the team won't see sunshine for most of the 2,000-mile trip...

Click on to learn how they've been modded. Then read our blog updates here. 

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