Admiral Richard Byrd, Thomas Poulter, and the Snow Cruiser crew, 1939

Photograph of the Antarctic Snow Cruiser crew (Left to right: Sargent Felix Ferranto, Dr. F. Alton Wade, Admiral Richard E. Byrd, CPO Charls Meyer, Dr. Thomas C. Poulter) in front of one of the Snow Cruiser's ten-foot-tall Goodyear tires. The Snow Cruiser was designed by Armor Research Foundati...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: 1939
Subjects:
Byrd
Richard Evelyn
1888-1957
Poulter
Thomas Charles
1897-1978
Wade
F. Alton (Franklin Alton)
1903-1978
Armor Research Foundation (U.S.)
Antarctica > Discovery and exploration
Antarctic expeditions
All terrain vehicles
Antarctic
Cruiser
Evelyn
Ferranto
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10560/islandora:1010270
http://repository.iit.edu/islandora/object/islandora%3A1010270/datastream/TN/view/Admiral%20Richard%20Byrd,%20Thomas%20Poulter,%20and%20the%20Snow%20Cruiser%20crew,%201939.jpg
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Summary:Photograph of the Antarctic Snow Cruiser crew (Left to right: Sargent Felix Ferranto, Dr. F. Alton Wade, Admiral Richard E. Byrd, CPO Charls Meyer, Dr. Thomas C. Poulter) in front of one of the Snow Cruiser's ten-foot-tall Goodyear tires. The Snow Cruiser was designed by Armor Research Foundation Scientific Director Thomas C. Poulter, constructed by ARF, and taken on Richard Byrd's third Antarctic expedition. This photograph originally appeared in the December 1939 issue of the Armor Engineer and Alumnus. Photographer unknown.

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