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The closest thing I can find to this story on Google is this: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26019-what-to-do-when...

It doesn't involve Windows as far as I can tell - they don't say what the cause of the problem was.

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This press release from the British Antarctic Survey says about that incident that a coolant leak caused the generator to overheat and shutdown.

https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/update-power-down-at-britis...