# What Are Some Artifacts, Artworks, Treasures, etc. That Are Probably Somewhere, But No One Knows Where? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 8, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-artifacts-artworks-treasures-etc-that-are-probably-somewhere-but-no-one-knows-where/992825 "2023-11-08T14:56:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 136
**Author:** ![EnolaStraight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-artifacts-artworks-treasures-etc-that-are-probably-somewhere-but-no-one-knows-where/992825/136 "2023-12-06T17:28:57Z")
Admiral Byrd’s Snow Cruiser. [Where’s the Antarctic Monster-Truck? - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-antarctic-monster-truck/842301) Sometime in the 60s, a naval ship happened to notice a big chunk of ice broken off the Ross Ice Shelf, which exposed a buried Little America exploration station abandoned since the beginning of WW2. The Snow Cruiser was parked nearby, and also buried by snow and ice. I’m 99% sure the cruiser sand to the bottom of the sea when the iceberg melted, but there is the possibility the Soviets recovered the vehicle, and used it as a basis for _their_ antarctic vehicles… …The Kharkovchankas. [Oversnow heavy tractor Kharkovchanka - Kharkovchanka - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkovchanka#/media/File:Oversnow_heavy_tractor_Kharkovchanka.jpg) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-artifacts-artworks-treasures-etc-that-are-probably-somewhere-but-no-one-knows-where/992825)._