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Check out the “Tucker Sno-Cat” that was used by New Zealander and British explorers in early (1950s) Antarctic expeditions, several of the historic vehicles are
by smcleod 7y ago
Check out the “Tucker Sno-Cat” that was used by New Zealander and British explorers in early (1950s) Antarctic expeditions, several of the historic vehicles are in the Canterbury (Christchurch) museum.
[1] http://www.spiritofmawson.com/objects/tucker-sno-cat-antarctica/ http://www.spiritofmawson.com/objects/tucker-sno-cat-antarct...
[2] http://forrestmccarthy.blogspot.com/2016/03/commonwealth-trans-antarctic-expedition.html http://forrestmccarthy.blogspot.com/2016/03/commonwealth-tra...
And some amazing video footage here (sorry about the music): https://youtu.be/NA4pUalceVE https://youtu.be/NA4pUalceVE
- kayfox 7y agoTucker Sno-Cat is still in business too, still making snow crawlers. There's something to be said about businesses that don't try to diversify, they just keep making one line of good product.