The 37-Ton Machine That Only Worked in Reverse: Antarctic Snow Cruiser, 1939

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  @ItWorkedOnPaper · 1 month ago · pinned

  FULL ARCHIVAL CREDITS - Case File No. 001 <br> <br>Photographs (all public domain, via Wikimedia Commons): <br>- The Antarctic Snow Cruiser driving off of USCGC North Star (Public domain) <br>- The Antarctic Snow Cruiser drives away from USCGC North Star (Public domain) <br>- Admiral Byrd admires medal awarded to aide on Antarctic expedition. Washington, D.C., April 27. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd admires the gold medal of the National Geographic Society which LCCN2016877888 (Public domain) <br>- Poulter-cropped (CC BY-SA 4.0) <br>- Crew member Theodore Argyres Petras with the Antarctic Snow Cruiser behind (Public domain) <br>- The Antarctic Snow Cruiser and its crew (Public domain) <br>- The ramp after unloading the Antarctic Snow Cruiser from USCGC North Star (Public domain) <br>- The Antarctic Snow Cruiser partly buried in snow (Public domain) <br>- Crew member Felix Ferranto using a blowtorch to thaw out the wheelhub motors of the Antarctic Snow Cruiser (Public domain) <br>- Commander Dr. Franklin Alton Wade leaving the Antarctic Snow Cruiser through a hatch (Public domain) <br>- The Antarctic Snow Cruiser emerging from its winter berth (Public domain) <br>- The abandoned Antarctic Snow Cruiser (Public domain) <br>- The Antarctic Snow Cruiser partly buried in snow (Public domain) <br>- 1939 United States Antarctic Snow Cruiser Specifications (Public domain) <br>- The Antarctic Snow Cruiser drives away from USCGC North Star (Public domain) <br>- The Antarctic Snow Cruiser emerging from its winter berth (Public domain) <br>- A dog team pulling one of the Antarctic Snow Cruiser&apos;s spare tires (Public domain) <br>- Crew member Theodore Argyres Petras with the Antarctic Snow Cruiser behind (Public domain) <br>- The Antarctic Snow Cruiser driving off of USCGC North Star (Public domain) <br>- The ramp after unloading the Antarctic Snow Cruiser from USCGC North Star (Public domain) <br>- The Antarctic Snow Cruiser and its crew (Public domain) <br>- The abandoned Antarctic Snow Cruiser (Public domain) <br> <br>Film (public domain, via archive.org): <br>- Reel gov.archives.arc.37262 - <a href="https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.37262">https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.37262 </a><br>- Reel gov.archives.arc.37262 - <a href="https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.37262">https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.37262 </a><br>- Reel 111-adc-7221 - <a href="https://archive.org/details/111-adc-7221">https://archive.org/details/111-adc-7221 </a><br>- Reel 111-adc-7218 - <a href="https://archive.org/details/111-adc-7218">https://archive.org/details/111-adc-7218 </a><br>- Reel 111-adc-7218 - <a href="https://archive.org/details/111-adc-7218">https://archive.org/details/111-adc-7218 </a><br>- Reel 111-adc-7223 - <a href="https://archive.org/details/111-adc-7223">https://archive.org/details/111-adc-7223 </a><br>- Reel 111-adc-7223 - <a href="https://archive.org/details/111-adc-7223">https://archive.org/details/111-adc-7223 </a><br>- Reel 111-adc-7223 - <a href="https://archive.org/details/111-adc-7223">https://archive.org/details/111-adc-7223 </a><br>- Reel 111-adc-7223 - <a href="https://archive.org/details/111-adc-7223">https://archive.org/details/111-adc-7223</a>

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  @Richard660318 · 4 weeks ago

  To ship something all that way having not tested it out on some frozen lakes and a few frozen hills is unbelievable. This is the problem with most rich hobbyists.

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  @waynejohnson9135 · 1 month ago

  ❤🇨🇦

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  @newwavecarpenter · 1 day ago

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