[Dr. Franklin]

This is an interesting article about a poorly tested engineering concept sent to Antarctica, and essentially abandoned due to WWII. I would expect that if someone wanted to find a large steel object, it could be found.

[martin_fierro]

"Smile 'n wave, boys. Smile 'n wave."

[Celtic Conservative]

IIRC, it’s been spotted a few times over the years as the drifting snow periodically unburies it.

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[mkmensinger]

Jeez, car thieves are everywhere! :^)

[texas booster]

United_States_Antarctic_Service_Expedition

At least they tried. Probably keeping the location hidden so that Greenies don't sue for polluting the pristine penguin poop in the area.

[texas booster]

Research Foundation of the Armour Institute of Technology

Built in Chicago, driven to Boston. All on smooth tires ...

[texas booster]

And it's last location?

Antarctica’s ice is forever shifting, and several years after that final Snow Cruiser sighting, a large chunk of the Ross Ice Shelf broke off near where it had been parked. Whether the vehicle is still entombed on the landbound side or lost at sea is unknown.

[Hatteras]

Wait... Did you say, "Diesel"?....

Sounds like a challenge....

[Fresh Wind]

I see the problem. They didn’t put snow tires on it.

[Bernard]

Now if it was required to renew an expensive license plate tag, or somebody had left a BlockBuster video in the living quarters, it would have been found and recovered a long time ago.

[DesertRhino]

“ Their combined 300 horsepower spun two generators, which sent their power to four motors—one per 10-foot-diameter wheel. Yes, this was a diesel-electric drivetrain in a vehicle way before that was a thing.”

EMD, the electro motive division of General Motors that started building diesel electric locomotives since the 1940s, such as the famous Santa Fe chief F7 model would be fascinated to know this not a thing until the late 50s.

[DesertRhino]

“Their combined 300 horsepower spun two generators, which sent their power to four motors—one per 10-foot-diameter wheel. Yes, this was a diesel-electric drivetrain in a vehicle way before that was a thing.“

This is how every diesel locomotive works and did for two decades before this. They don’t have a drive shaft to a differential. Sounds like the car inventor in Illinois knew this. That state was home to EMD.

[DesertRhino]

Navy diesel subs also. Same thing.

[xxqqzz]

They didn’t test it driving it on snow until taking it to Antartica. It carried 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel, which should weigh about 15 tons.

[SpaceBar]

It will eventually show up as an anomaly on a high resolution magnetic areal survey in the future.

[Clay Moore]

Why would you try to run a diesel engine in Antarctica when diesel fuel jells at about 10* F?