▲ 191 ▼ Admiral Byrd’s snow cruiser designed for Antarctic exploration drives through traffic. Massachusetts, 1939. (Colorized) (lemmy.world) submitted 4 months ago* by setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world to c/historyphotos@piefed.social 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments Article.
[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (2 children) I wonder how many gallons to the mile that bad boy got. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (1 child) No. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] toynbee@piefed.social 6 points 4 months ago One highway, zero city. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) As its use turned out to not work as intended, these are just the design numbers: 2500 US gallons / 5000 miles range = 0.5 gal/mi (= 1.2 l/km) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Snow_Cruiser#Arrival_in_the_Antarctic permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (1 child) No. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] toynbee@piefed.social 6 points 4 months ago One highway, zero city. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] toynbee@piefed.social 6 points 4 months ago One highway, zero city. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) As its use turned out to not work as intended, these are just the design numbers: 2500 US gallons / 5000 miles range = 0.5 gal/mi (= 1.2 l/km) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Snow_Cruiser#Arrival_in_the_Antarctic permalink fedilink source parent
