Caravan parts supplier Dometic UK is set to play a crucial role in the upcoming Antarctic adventure of world-famous explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes.
The veteran adventurer is taking on one of the few remaining Polar challenges left in the world this December, a voyage dubbed the coldest Journey on Earth.
Setting off later this year, a team of six researchers will board the SA Agulhas in London headed for Antarctica with the aim of becoming the first man to cros the inhospitable continent on foot during the winter months.
With extreme temperatures expected and no hope of radio contact or rescue, the group will have to make sure all of their equipment remains as reliable as possible.
That is where the Dometic WAECO CR50 comes in. Usually used in boats and motorhomes, the 50-litre compressor refrigerator will serve a unique purpose – making sure things stay warm or at least warmer than outside.
The unit will sit within a specially designed caboose that the team will use during its initial trip to the Russian Novolazareskaya base, before providing support on the subsequent journey to Captain Scott’s unit at McMurdo Sound.
“We will stretch the limits of human endurance. Britain and the Commonwealth has a strong heritage of exploration, from Captain Cook 300 years ago to the present day,” Fiennes said.
The expedition team is hoping to raise ten million dollars for Seeing is Believing – a charity set up to help fight avoidable blindness.
