Major NATO maneuvers: Mountain troops from Mittenwald in the middle of world events. Around 650 soldiers are taking part in the large-scale exercise “Quadriga”, the German contribution to the NATO operation “Steadfast Defender 2024” “The biggest enemy is certainly the Arctic itself,” explains Lieutenant Colonel Bastian Steves.
Ice-cold temperatures of up to minus 52 degrees are possible at any time. In some places it was almost minus 20 degrees at an altitude of around 2,600 meters.