Representatives of the Defense Ministry and industry have been driving up-to-date all-terrain vehicles from the town of Tiksi to Kotelny Island and then will return across the ice-covered Laptev Sea and littorals. The overall route exceeds 2,000 km. The expedition are assessing the hardware’s ability to operate in low ambient temperature (down to -60°C), including their self-contained operating capability, technical readiness, manned compartment climate, peculiarities of moving across ice hummocks and deep snow in snowstorms and wind with a speed exceeding 35 m/s and under other High North conditions.