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The 'Snow Cruiser' for an abortive Antarctic expedition, US, 1939 (infosec.pub)
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[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 9 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

The nice documentary "The Snow Cruiser"-Antarctica's Abandoned Behemoth mentions that it should have had enough fuel in its tank for an entire mission. Yet, as it turned out to be practically immovable on the Antarctic terrain, it wasn't successful at all in achieving its mission goals.