To prepare for Arctic transportation challenges in 'Cold Response 2022' in Norway this March, US Marine Corps logistic units trained using chains on their wheeled vehicles. (Janes/Mike Fabey)

Unseasonably warm temperatures in northern Norway have created new logistical hurdles and concerns during Exercise ‘Cold Response 2022', according to US Marine Corps (USMC) officials.

Hosted by the Norwegian Armed Forces, ‘Cold Response 2022' combines NATO allies and partner forces, totalling 27 states, about 30,000 troops, 20 aircraft, and more than 50 vessels.

Normally, temperatures are well below freezing and daily highs during this time of the year maintain a stable, frozen landscape for logistical movements, USMC officials told Janes . Such was the weather earlier in March.

During the exercise, however, temperatures hovered above freezing, and the frozen ground layer at times gave way to icy and slushy surfaces, which can and have bogged down some logistics vehicles, USMC officials said. There is a greater concern of avalanches, too, they added.

“It adds another area we have to worry about,” 1st Lieutenant Benjamin Artime, the Combat Logistics Detachment (CLD) commander, told Janes

To prepare for Arctic transportation challenges in 'Cold Response 2022' in Norway this March, US Marine Corps logistic units trained using chains on their wheeled vehicles. (Janes/Mike Fabey)

Unseasonably warm temperatures in northern Norway have created new logistical hurdles and concerns during Exercise ‘Cold Response 2022', according to US Marine Corps (USMC) officials.

Hosted by the Norwegian Armed Forces, ‘Cold Response 2022' combines NATO allies and partner forces, totalling 27 states, about 30,000 troops, 20 aircraft, and more than 50 vessels.

Normally, temperatures are well below freezing and daily highs during this time of the year maintain a stable, frozen landscape for logistical movements, USMC officials told Janes . Such was the weather earlier in March.

During the exercise, however, temperatures hovered above freezing, and the frozen ground layer at times gave way to icy and slushy surfaces, which can and have bogged down some logistics vehicles, USMC officials said. There is a greater concern of avalanches, too, they added.

“It adds another area we have to worry about,” 1st Lieutenant Benjamin Artime, the Combat Logistics Detachment (CLD) commander, told Janes

To prepare for Arctic transportation challenges in 'Cold Response 2022' in Norway this March, US Marine Corps logistic units trained using chains on their wheeled vehicles. (Janes/Mike Fabey)

Unseasonably warm temperatures in northern Norway have created new logistical hurdles and concerns during Exercise ‘Cold Response 2022', according to US Marine Corps (USMC) officials.

Hosted by the Norwegian Armed Forces, ‘Cold Response 2022' combines NATO allies and partner forces, totalling 27 states, about 30,000 troops, 20 aircraft, and more than 50 vessels.

Normally, temperatures are well below freezing and daily highs during this time of the year maintain a stable, frozen landscape for logistical movements, USMC officials told Janes . Such was the weather earlier in March.

During the exercise, however, temperatures hovered above freezing, and the frozen ground layer at times gave way to icy and slushy surfaces, which can and have bogged down some logistics vehicles, USMC officials said. There is a greater concern of avalanches, too, they added.

“It adds another area we have to worry about,” 1st Lieutenant Benjamin Artime, the Combat Logistics Detachment (CLD) commander, told Janes

To prepare for Arctic transportation challenges in 'Cold Response 2022' in Norway this March, US Marine Corps logistic units trained using chains on their wheeled vehicles. (Janes/Mike Fabey)

Unseasonably warm temperatures in northern Norway have created new logistical hurdles and concerns during Exercise ‘Cold Response 2022', according to US Marine Corps (USMC) officials.

Hosted by the Norwegian Armed Forces, ‘Cold Response 2022' combines NATO allies and partner forces, totalling 27 states, about 30,000 troops, 20 aircraft, and more than 50 vessels.

Normally, temperatures are well below freezing and daily highs during this time of the year maintain a stable, frozen landscape for logistical movements, USMC officials told Janes . Such was the weather earlier in March.

During the exercise, however, temperatures hovered above freezing, and the frozen ground layer at times gave way to icy and slushy surfaces, which can and have bogged down some logistics vehicles, USMC officials said. There is a greater concern of avalanches, too, they added.

“It adds another area we have to worry about,” 1st Lieutenant Benjamin Artime, the Combat Logistics Detachment (CLD) commander, told Janes

To prepare for Arctic transportation challenges in 'Cold Response 2022' in Norway this March, US Marine Corps logistic units trained using chains on their wheeled vehicles. (Janes/Mike Fabey)

Unseasonably warm temperatures in northern Norway have created new logistical hurdles and concerns during Exercise ‘Cold Response 2022', according to US Marine Corps (USMC) officials.

Hosted by the Norwegian Armed Forces, ‘Cold Response 2022' combines NATO allies and partner forces, totalling 27 states, about 30,000 troops, 20 aircraft, and more than 50 vessels.

Normally, temperatures are well below freezing and daily highs during this time of the year maintain a stable, frozen landscape for logistical movements, USMC officials told Janes . Such was the weather earlier in March.

During the exercise, however, temperatures hovered above freezing, and the frozen ground layer at times gave way to icy and slushy surfaces, which can and have bogged down some logistics vehicles, USMC officials said. There is a greater concern of avalanches, too, they added.

“It adds another area we have to worry about,” 1st Lieutenant Benjamin Artime, the Combat Logistics Detachment (CLD) commander, told Janes

To prepare for Arctic transportation challenges in 'Cold Response 2022' in Norway this March, US Marine Corps logistic units trained using chains on their wheeled vehicles. (Janes/Mike Fabey)

Unseasonably warm temperatures in northern Norway have created new logistical hurdles and concerns during Exercise ‘Cold Response 2022', according to US Marine Corps (USMC) officials.

Hosted by the Norwegian Armed Forces, ‘Cold Response 2022' combines NATO allies and partner forces, totalling 27 states, about 30,000 troops, 20 aircraft, and more than 50 vessels.

Normally, temperatures are well below freezing and daily highs during this time of the year maintain a stable, frozen landscape for logistical movements, USMC officials told Janes . Such was the weather earlier in March.

During the exercise, however, temperatures hovered above freezing, and the frozen ground layer at times gave way to icy and slushy surfaces, which can and have bogged down some logistics vehicles, USMC officials said. There is a greater concern of avalanches, too, they added.

“It adds another area we have to worry about,” 1st Lieutenant Benjamin Artime, the Combat Logistics Detachment (CLD) commander, told Janes