For the third Antarctic Expedition, Admiral Byrd had constructed a “Snow Cruiser” to transverse the coldest place on earth.
https://www.google.com/search?q=“Snow+Cruiser”&client=firefox-b-1-d&sxsrf=ACYBGNQdInGLiiCMGqJdxUMjX1z4OoqEAA:1572059968322&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-wejf-7jlAhUo1lkKHbhAD14Q_AUIESgB&biw=1920&bih=938#imgrc=_
It Failed…and was abandoned…and lost/forgotten.
Where is it now?Wow. Thanks for those links. I never heard of the Snow Cruiser. And, frankly, while ambitious, it seems not to be very well thought out for dam near anything.
I almost took a job a McMurdo. I was just to be a gofer, handyman though. I instead took the job that I still have had for 27 years.
I’m pretty sure that is in my back yard somewhere. I think its between the '78 Fiat and the Rambler.
Potted history from wikipedia:
Some neat photos from The Atlantic:
THERE IT IS! [sub]golf clap[/sub]
“The” rambler. You only have one?
The others wandered off.
You’re killing me here.
You misspelled “rambled.”
They apparently decided it was:
time to ramble on
Ramble on
And now’s the time, the time is now
To sing my song
Etcetera.
Amazing how something designed and built in the mid/late 30s can end up like something from the 60s like the afore mentioned overland trains.
Design and purpose decades ahead of it’s time.
I suppose if those diesels were turbos and those giant tires had tread this thing would still be a viable mobile base.
Why in the world did anyone think that was going to work? Had the designers never seen snow before? I’d imagine an actual monster truck would have done just fine.
ETA: Yes, I’m aware “monster trucks” were still a good 40 years away from reality, but still. Slick tires?!