“Wide World” Photo. The snow cruiser which is to he used by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition at the South Pole undergoing its tests on, sand, and shale surfaces at Gary. Indiana, U.S.A., recently. The Research Department of the Armour Institute of Technology stales that the machine can be operated, on sand or snow with equal facility. It cost, approximately £30,000 to build, and in tests attained speeds ranging from 16 to 20 miles an hour.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 287, 5 December 1939, Page 12
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75“Wide World” Photo. The snow cruiser which is to he used by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition at the South Pole undergoing its tests on, sand, and shale surfaces at Gary. Indiana, U.S.A., recently. The Research Department of the Armour Institute of Technology stales that the machine can be operated, on sand or snow with equal facility. It cost, approximately £30,000 to build, and in tests attained speeds ranging from 16 to 20 miles an hour. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 287, 5 December 1939, Page 12
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