75 YRS AGO THIS WEEK: Unique Snow Cruiser Will Carry Byrd Explorers Across Antarctica.

75 YRS AGO THIS WEEK: Unique Snow Cruiser Will Carry Byrd Explorers Across Antarctica. Carries airplane. http://bit.ly/1yKDdv8

"This huge Snow Cruiser, built especially for the Byrd expedition, is now being tested by the Armour Institute in Chicago. It is the last word in polar transportation. Manned by a crew of four men, it will be able to zigzag across Antarctica for twelve months without returning to its base, stop for two months at the Pole itself while the scientists make observations..."

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