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1939 Artic Cruiser ?

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I guess this is where I should post this question, after all its over a five ton and it is a US vehicle. Would you consider this a military vehicle. I know according the official record its still up there buried in the ice. This monster was supposed to be diesel powered and be able to cruise over the ice. What does any one know about this vehicle ?
 

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The Antarctic Cruiser!

This vehicle has been mentioned several times before on SS.
There was a time in the 1970's when it was offered free to anyone that wanted to find and recover it. The camp where it was last located is believed now to have sunk into the Antarctic Ocean after melting by global warming of the ice shelf many years ago. It was last seen by most reports in 1958. Where it was, it is no more.
 

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Runk, I saw your links of that Antarctic snow cruiser site. They went out on the ice with SLICKS? Big town science types never been on a farm or what? Even then they knew that good profiles are needed for good traction.

Dr. Poulter had been out on the ice but then again, they mainly had to worry about having a big contact surface and easy sliding over the ice with sleighs.

Even so, great idea and great thing, would have loved to drive it around in Antarctica.
 

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Steel soldiers expedition to find it? I'm in. Now that would be an epic recovery. Ran when parked. My snowshoes and skis are ready, and I'm Arctic qualified. Let's go!
 
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Robo McDuff

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Count me in

Steel soldiers expedition to find it? I'm in. Now that would be an epic recovery. Ran when parked. My snowshoes and skis are ready, and I'm Arcitc qualified. Let's go!
What about a submarine recovery vehicle :mrgreen:. Almost certainly it's on the bottom of the ocean. Otherwise, a metal-finding satellite scan of the place would be nice so we know where to start looking.
 

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good grief guys I use the word "BEAST" effectionately in reference to 5 and 10 ton vehicles and that word does nothing to describe this one! With my limited vocabulary the best I can do is WOW!
KK
 

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Shhh, don't tell anyone, but Clive Cussler's hero, Dirk Pitt, found this and refurbished it in "Artic Drift", I believe:mrgreen:
I remember that read. If you want a great story, but a few parts bordering on the unbelievable, you need to read a Dirk Pitt novel.
 

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i am a scuba drive and i would go on that recovery, but, that water is colder than a punguins pecker! maybe it drifted closer to hawaii. :jumpin:
I'd dive it, as long as it wasn't too deep. I've only done cold water diving. Off Newfoundland it was 34 deg on the surface, and 28 degrees at 100'. It can't get much colder than that. I'm still in!

BTW - it may be too late to own the Antarctic Land Cruiser. But you can still own the Alaskan Land Train!
Nope. It sold. I called the guy that was selling it to see if I could take photos up close. He wouldn't let me in, said the salvage company wouldn't go for it. He wouldn't tell me who bought it, said I should stop by and talk to the salvage company. I could never catch them in the yard. That land train is no longer where it was, and I doubt it's still in Fairbanks.
 
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