How to recover a Ford F-150 from the floor of the Arctic Ocean — via drivingdotca
First, it’s worth looking at what new ground the Transglobal team is breaking. One look at its balloon-tired F-150s, and those familiar with Arctic truck culture might recognize a smidgen of Icelandic influence. And, in fact, the company that builds these trucks can trace its roots to a sub-division of Toyota Iceland called Toyota Aukahlutir .
This new Ford is the first offering from Arctic Trucks North America, and is built in Wyoming. It’s a beast, flared out to accept 44-inch Nokian tires, fitted with locking differentials and chassis armour to protect against ice, and equipped with a huge 260-litre fuel tank and onboard inflation-deflation system to air down those big tires for floating over the snow.
The AT44 F-150 is as rugged as they come, but the terrain it faces is completely unforgiving. Expedition team member Andrew Comrie-Picard described huge ice ridges forming on the pack ice, deep snow, and bone-chilling cold. Comrie-Picard is a pretty interesting guy. A BMX racer from Edmonton in his youth, he completed a law degree at McGill University, won the North American Rally Cup championship in a Mitsubishi Evo, competed in the X-Games alongside Ken Block and Travis Pastrana, was a stunt driver in thefilms, and has hosted several car-based TV series. Now he drives trucks over frozen oceans. As you do.
The AT44 F150 was lost through the ice in March of this year while crossing a patch of too-thin ice. The current had thinned the ice in a small section, and the truck simply broke through and began to sink. The team member driving the truck thankfully escaped.Article content
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