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  • There’s a Massive Antarctic Exploration Vehicle Lost Somewhere at the Bottom of the World

    01/01/2023 7:22:31 AM PST · by Dr. Franklin · 42 replies
    Pocket ^ | unknown | Peter Holderith
    Last seen in 1958, it was designed to travel 5000 miles and self-sustain for an entire year. It’s quintessentially American to drive everywhere. This must’ve occurred to the planners of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition in 1939 when the joint government-private sector project ran into the question of how best to traverse Antarctica’s frozen wastelands. The obvious answer? A car. A really, really, really big car. Or so thought Thomas Poulter, designer of the doomed Antarctic Snow Cruiser seen in these pictures. You’d think a massive machine like this would still exist somewhere, even in pieces. And surely they...