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The 'Snow Cruiser' for an abortive Antarctic expedition, US, 1939 (lemmy.world)

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[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Surely you meant aborted

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago

abortive
adjective
abor·tive ə-ˈbȯr-tiv
Synonyms of abortive
1
obsolete : prematurely born
2
: FRUITLESS, UNSUCCESSFUL
3
: imperfectly formed or developed
4
: tending to cut short

The Snow Cruiser was shipped to Antarctica, but it performed poorly and the expedition itself was cut short due to the US entry into WW2.