Felicity Aston, Gisli Jonsson and Manu Palomeque travelled across northern Europe and Siberia in winter 2013–14 to investigate life in extreme cold. Their Land Rover and Royal Geographical Society bursary Defender VX13 HGD was prepared with uprated suspension, underbody protection, auxiliary heaters and a long-range fuel tank. It covered roughly 36,000 km and experienced temperatures approaching −59 °C.
This retains the original snow-covered procedural model formerly misidentified as Trail by Fire: red body with blank rear load-space side panels, raised intake, four roof lamps, a rack of silver expedition cases and snow on the body and roof load. Its expedition lettering and identity are corrected to Pole of Cold. The cases retain their cargo-drop gameplay feature. Small markings and snow are stylised.
Specification
MANUFACTURERLand Rover
MANUFACTURED2013; expedition 2013–14
PRODUCTION RUNOne expedition vehicle
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INUnited Kingdom
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEDefender
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE110″
CATEGORYSpecial · Expedition & Campers
Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.
Renders & references
Front three-quarterRegistry renderThree-quarterRegistry renderSideRegistry renderRearRegistry renderFrontRegistry renderThe snow-covered Pole of Cold Defender returning in 2014.Land Rover Heritage Collection ↗