Woz to Drive Hydrogen Hummer to South Pole


At Stanford's AlwaysOn Conference, completed last Friday, Steve Wozniak, the always adventurous co-founder of Apple, announced he will take an expedition next year to the South Pole riding in a Hummer H1 powered by hydrogen fuel cells.


Woz explained that he was participating in an expedition planned for December 2007 in which a group will drive Hummers running on hydrogen powered fuel cells from McMurdo Station to the South Pole. Woz said his particular vehicle would be co-piloted by Buzz Aldrin, who walked on the moon in 1969. The expedition is to be filmed in 3D for the director James Cameorn. Woz said that the group has received important advice on the project from the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, which has been running some hydrogen fuel-cell powered