SSTF to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 3 days agoAdmiral Byrd’s snow cruiser designed for Antarctic exploration drives through traffic. Massachusetts, 1939. (Colorized)imagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1193arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1191arrow-down1imageAdmiral Byrd’s snow cruiser designed for Antarctic exploration drives through traffic. Massachusetts, 1939. (Colorized)SSTF to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square18linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareiturnedintoanewtlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days agoAFAIK this device was an utter failure. The Soviets figured a much better one (the Kharkovchanka) and to this day those are still in use in the Antartic base.
AFAIK this device was an utter failure. The Soviets figured a much better one (the Kharkovchanka) and to this day those are still in use in the Antartic base.