Every year there are some groups traversing Antarctica. To deliver supplies and fuel to the stations around the continent, to test new vehicles and methods of transportation, or to push the limits of human endurance. This year a supply caravan went from McMurdo to the South Pole. The round trip takes about 5 weeks. Three weeks in (with fuel) and 2 weeks out. Snowcats and tractors are used to pull bladders of fuel. Bladders turn out to have much less resistance than fuel containers on skis or sleds. They plan to develop GPS-guided machines and robots that can make this traverse...
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