POLAR TRANSPORTATION - SNOW TRAILS FOR LIGHT WHEELED VEHICLES.

• Main Authors: Moser, E. H., Jr., Sherwood, G. E.
• Other Authors: NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1967
• Subjects: Surface Transportation and Equipment; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *TRANSPORTATION; POLAR REGIONS; VEHICLES; FLOTATION; TIRES; MAINTENANCE; TRAFFIC; TRACKED VEHICLES; TRACTORS; Byrd; Byrd Station; McMurdo Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0819606; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0819606

Rapid ground transportation for high-activity polar operations is often required to support outlying facilities during development and to service temporary work centers on snow and ice. Light vehicles with high-flotation tires can usually travel over wind-packed snow at temperatures below 10 F but p...