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The Antarctic Snow Cruiser: a Colossus of Exploration that (Not) Conquered the Land of the Frozen Continent

Summary by microsiervos.com
I found myself in Amusing Planet with this infographic in the form of a cross-section of the Antarctic Snow Cruiser, an authentic mastodon that dates back no less than 1939. Its mission was to explore Antarctica... but by its design the combination of huge smooth wheels and deep snow did not allow it to advance much. So it would be one of those vehicles categorisable as great fail of history. The idea of Antarctic Snow Cruiser came out of the im…
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I found myself in Amusing Planet with this infographic in the form of a cross-section of the Antarctic Snow Cruiser, an authentic mastodon that dates back no less than 1939. Its mission was to explore Antarctica... but by its design the combination of huge smooth wheels and deep snow did not allow it to advance much. So it would be one of those vehicles categorisable as great fail of history. The idea of Antarctic Snow Cruiser came out of the im…

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microsiervos.com broke the news in on Saturday, January 24, 2026.
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