Tractor Operations on the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition

On the Byrd Antarctic Expedition II a third mode of transportation was added to the existing means of dogs and aircraft—the use of tractors. Previous attempts had been made to use motor transport, first on Shackleton's Expedition in 1908, Scott's in 1910, and on the Byrd Antarctic Expediti...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Demas, E. J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1936
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Antarctic
Byrd
Hard Bay
Shackleton
Antarc*
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400035142
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400035142

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