Could we label this the coolest Olympic flame ever? In true spirit of being more friendly on the earth, the Winter Olympics 2010 torch that has carried the flame all over Greece and Canada since October 30, 2009, burns at the lowest temperature than any other Olympic torch in history. Its fuel mixture is propane and refrigerant isobutane. The torch has travelled over 45,000 kilometers across Canada through snow, rain, hail, wind and sub-zero temperatures, and finally transported the flame to the Winter Olympics Host City of Vancouver on February 11.

The torch was designed by Winter Olympics design director Leo Obstbaum and built by jet-maker and high-speed train manufacturer Bombardier. The Canadian company was founded in 1942 and is the largest supplier of rail equipment, systems and services, and the third largest manufacturer of civil aircraft in the world. The design has incidentally been inspired by the contours of Canada’s winter landscape. It symbolizes the tracks created in snow and ice by winter sports.

Working with the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), Bombardier engineers and industrial designers apparently spent more than two years designing and testing the 2010 Olympic Torch. A vent in the side of the torch allows the Olympic Flame to unfurl like a flag.

Via: trendsnow, bombardier, wikipedia