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The 'Snow Cruiser' for an abortive Antarctic expedition, US, 1939 (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] Lojcs@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Those are awfully flat tires

[โ€“] PugJesus@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

Smooth, to prevent snow from building up in the grooves!

Unfortunately, it also made it so they couldn't grip the ice and would spin fruitlessly in place.

Bit of a problem machine, this one.