Remains of British monoplane discovered in Antarctica
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Hmm. typical sloppy Times reporting.
The P-38s were not operated by the US Air Force. The USAF didn't come into existence until 1947. They were operated by the US Army, or, to be more accurate, the US Army Air Force (USAAF).
The recovered and restored P-38 was only christened "Glacier Girl" after the recovery.
The P-38s were not operated by the US Air Force. The USAF didn't come into existence until 1947. They were operated by the US Army, or, to be more accurate, the US Army Air Force (USAAF).
The recovered and restored P-38 was only christened "Glacier Girl" after the recovery.
Slightly off-topic but it would be great if they could find this too!
http://www.thule.org/snowcruiser.html
http://www.thule.org/snowcruiser.html
spitfire-ian said:
Looks like Gerry Anderson was involved in the design of that one.
RizzoTheRat said:
spitfire-ian said:
Looks like Gerry Anderson was involved in the design of that one.dr_gn said:
Eric Mc said:
The recovered and restored P-38 was only christened "Glacier Girl" after the recovery.
I think that it might have been a bit too wierd if it had been named that *before* being randomly entombed in a glacier Eric.Didn't they also use caterpillar tracked motor tractors during either the Scott or Shackleton expeditions that broke down causing them to they go on skis?
Edited to add, might have been motor sledges as I have just googled. But I'm sure I've seen old film of bigger vehicles.
Edited again, this is the only photo I have found so far, William Lashly standing by a Wolseley motor sleigh during the British Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1913, November 1911. But I'm still sure I have seen bigger machines in old B/W film.
And they say Top Gear were cheating by driving to the North Pole
Edited to add, might have been motor sledges as I have just googled. But I'm sure I've seen old film of bigger vehicles.
Edited again, this is the only photo I have found so far, William Lashly standing by a Wolseley motor sleigh during the British Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1913, November 1911. But I'm still sure I have seen bigger machines in old B/W film.
And they say Top Gear were cheating by driving to the North Pole
Edited by FourWheelDrift on Tuesday 5th January 16:54
spitfire-ian said:
Slightly off-topic but it would be great if they could find this too!
It says elsewhere that the location of the tractor on the Ross Ice shelf was in the same area where a large chunk broke off and drifted away in the 1960s but they couldn't be sure which side of the break it was located.
I love the idea of the Snow Cruiser - just driving all the way to the south pole in comfort and stopping wherever you like 
Keep googling - there's some video footage of it driving off the ship when it got to Antarctica. IIRC it managed about 13 miles, then got stuck, was abandoned, dug out a few years alter, abandoned again, then it was lost to the sea.
Keep googling - there's some video footage of it driving off the ship when it got to Antarctica. IIRC it managed about 13 miles, then got stuck, was abandoned, dug out a few years alter, abandoned again, then it was lost to the sea.FourWheelDrift said:
Didn't they also use caterpillar tracked motor tractors during either the Scott or Shackleton expeditions that broke down causing them to they go on skis?
Edited to add, might have been motor sledges as I have just googled. But I'm sure I've seen old film of bigger vehicles.
You might be thinking of the Fuchs/Hilary expedition of 1955 - you'll the Sno-Cats in Clip 4: http://www.coolantarctica.com/antarctica_video/ant...Edited to add, might have been motor sledges as I have just googled. But I'm sure I've seen old film of bigger vehicles.
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