UK matting manufacturer Plastic
Extruders is delighted to be one of
the sponsors of ‘The Coldest Journey’,
which takes on one of the last
remaining polar challenges: an
attempt to cross Antarctica in winter.

Over six months the expedition’s Ice
Team will travel more than 2000
miles, mostly in darkness and in
temperatures as low as -90?C.

Plastic Extruders has donated
Heronrib and Vynagrip matting for
use in the expedition’s two cabooses
being towed in specially adapted
vehicles. One is the main living
caboose and the other includes
mechanical workshops. Heronrib
matting, which is slip resistant and
impregnated with anti-bacterial and
anti-fungal additives, is being used in
the bathroom and boot rooms, while
Vynagrip matting has been laid on the
floor of the plant rooms to provide a
safe and slip resistant surface.