SUBSTANTIATION OF THE DESIGN OF A TRACKED TRACTOR FOR REGIONS WITH EXTREMELY LOW TEMPERATURES

Currently, tracked snowmobile tractor transporters with residential modules operating in the Antarctic region, making transitions to the interior of the continent, have practically exhausted their resource and need to be updated, and the design of well–known serial samples of tracked tractor transporters, mainly dual-use, does not take into account the full range of factors affecting operation in Antarctica, this makes them limited suitable for widespread use in this region. A scientifically based design of a tracked snowmobile tractor transporter for operation in the Antarctic region for long–distance movement inland in conditions of extremely low ambient temperatures and implemented by its design and basic tactical and technical characteristics is presented.