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unusual facts about tracked vehicles



Charles R. Bentley

In 1957, he and a handful of other scientists including Mario Giovinetto set out on an expedition across West Antarctica in tracked vehicles to make the first measurements of the ice sheet.


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Armoured personnel carrier

Wheeled APCs are faster on road, and can cross long distances; typically, due to the limited lifetime of the treads, tracked vehicles are transported cross country by rail, or a flatbed truck which may or may not be a purpose built transporter.

Vostok traverse

Using two bright red painted 1943 World War II M29 Weasel tracked vehicles and two 1950 D4 Caterpillar Inc. tractors the 6-man expedition left Wilkes Base on the coast for the Russian Vostok Station deep in the Antarctic interior.