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The Antarctic Snow Cruiser
- mtct88 8mo agoThe naivety behind this vehicle is really fun; you would expect that by 1934, there was enough experience with tires and snow to know that it could never work. Yet, they still built it and delivered it to Antarctica. Only to fail there.
- msl09 8mo agoAt least I imagined they would at least test it on Alaska or some other snowy region of America, but I guess they were in a rush.
- flurdy 8mo agoIt was built in Chicago. They could have just tested a bit North of Chicago. Wisconsin sees a fair amount of snow, and probably would not have needed to go all the way to Canada before the shortcomings were obvious.
- comrade1234 8mo agoIt was funded with private donations so I assume it was a grift with someone skimming off the top.
- flurdy 8mo agoAlso that they only built one. I think most people with experince of trips in heavy snow conditions or any mountain trip know you go in at least pairs. 2 snowmobiles, 2 dog sleds, etc, so if one gets stuck, the other can help pull it out, or go get help. As you always get stuck.
- hasperdi 8mo agoThe YouTube channel Calum made a documentary about it https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zR0M7KjnJTE https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zR0M7KjnJTE , Mustard did too https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pW0eZRoQ86g https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pW0eZRoQ86g