No election campaign during the 1800s would be complete without a "whistle-stop tour" - when candidates would charter trains and speak to the voters from the caboose.
Still, a universal format for transmitting 1080p content around the home is certainly something that's easy to dig -- it's getting everyone on a single caboose that's difficult.
The team in Antarctica now will have a particular mindset in order to cope with the low temperatures, and also the cabin fever, which may be an issue if a really bad patch of weather sets in and they are forced to stay inside the caboose for a long amount of time.