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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Published in:Polar Record
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Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1936
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400034574 2024-03-03T08:38:35+00:00 Motor Transport in the Arctic 1936 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400034574 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400034574 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 2, issue 11, page 76-81 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1936 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400034574 2024-02-08T08:32:40Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Polar Record Cambridge University Press Arctic Antarctic The Antarctic Polar Record 2 11 76 81
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Geography, Planning and Development
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Ecology
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Motor Transport in the Arctic
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