Motor Transport in the Arctic

The use of mechanical transport, and the replacing of the old-fashioned methods of travel by plane or tractor, is a new feature of polar exploration. As will be seen in the following articles, each one by a specialist, the use of tractors is still, in most cases, at the experimental stage; but great...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1936
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Arctic
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400034574
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400034574
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Summary:The use of mechanical transport, and the replacing of the old-fashioned methods of travel by plane or tractor, is a new feature of polar exploration. As will be seen in the following articles, each one by a specialist, the use of tractors is still, in most cases, at the experimental stage; but great advances have been made since Captain Scott took motor-sledges to the Antarctic in 1910.

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