Antarctic Expedition Austin... 1st I've ever heard of that!

1930
 Bantam Austin Returns with Wilkins From the Antarctic

This "seagoing" Bantam car, which is shown parked under the wing of a plane on Deception Island, was one of the most popular members of the Wilkins Antarctic Expedition. For more than six months it withstood the punishment of Polar weather and rough driving over untracked Antarctic wastes and emerged full of "pep" and as good as ever.

 It served faithfully as an unfailing mount to the intrepid explorers who probed the mysteries of the Antarctic, and was said by Sir Hubert to be indispensible. Equipped with chains and double tires, it made its own roads and laughed at the temperature and the roughness of the going.

The rugged little explorer is mounted on the same chassis and powered by the same motor that will be featured in the new Bantam Austin cars to be manufactured in the United States by the American Austin Car Company of Detroit.

https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/29311

New Snow Cruiser photos and information found

It was built by the Pullman train car company, in Illinois
and in the below full size news article (click on it for full size) it says that it was abandoned in the antarctic due to it's being so heavy (37 tons and 55 feet long) that it immediately was stuck in and ice crevass. It's longest drive was from the factory near Chicago to the shipping docks in Boston... at 55 miles and hour
found on http://www.pullman-museum.org/cgi-bin/pvm/newGetSubjects.pl?subject=The%20Snow%20Cruiser



for more snow cruiser info and the video of it being unloaded and no surprise, it was too heavy fot the unloading ramp http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/antarctic-sno-cruiser-was-driven-to.html seems no one was really thinking in terms of how a 37 ton vehicle was to get around in a world not paved in concrete

https://ritkanlathatotortenelem.blog.hu/2016/03/18/byrd_admiralis_orias_hojaroja

The Sno Cruiser driving from Chicago to Boston, then loaded on a ship for the south pole, and broke the off-loading ramp, you gotta see the video

before halting for the night in Framingham,Massachusetts,on November 12,1939. Traffic was snarled for 20 miles in a jam that involved 70,000 automobiles.

full gallery here:
http://www.joeld.net/snowcruiser/snowpics.html

and to watch the 50 second video (in color!) click on the bottom link here: http://www.joeld.net/snowcruiser/snowvids.html

Some photos from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6023990&postcount=18495

For new info and photos on the Sno Cruiser "Penguin" http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-snow-cruiser-photos-and-information.html

There was no info with this image, but it's amazingly large. Anyone know what it is? M Christian Nailed it!

From http://www.sportschrono.com/post/741519021

But for a full gallery, and videos: http://www.joeld.net/snowcruiser/snowpics.html

Looks like a land train, with local fire department paint and letters, and here's why... It's the 1939 Sno Cruiser! Jo Schmo pointed me in the right direction https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqCP1hN__8BrcC-rh_RUnw-HNARexDIAPQQ29-cPU1RJ0WRfOdW4pous6nob_g4uJpc74GCyJxVL1eXWITidEyuH2EjY-N_UzEjwQQBuOKTE9bLgC6stdRgzXRlTd7nSQMfxHV/s1600-h/snow-cruiser.jpg

I posted a cool color photo of it in December http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/12/arctic-or-antarctic-explorers.html possibly from a post by M Christian a year earlier, an awesome post! http://meinekleinefabrik.blogspot.com/2008/12/for-sale-by-owner.html

Antarctic 1963

Via a thread about snow machines on the Jalopy Journal: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=229248&showall=1

Polar explorers

above from http://lecontainer.blogspot.com/

Above image via: http://www.greyhandgang.com/

Above images http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=229248&showall=1 which stangely, I posted about years ago... and that thread on the Jalopy Journal is still being added to

Above: the 1939 Sno Cruiser

For more on the Tucker Sno-Cats: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/07/tucker-snow-cat-pioneering-vehicle-of.html

Above: the Terrabus

For more see: http://www.provehicles.co.uk/top-13-polar-super-vehicles-from-antarctic/ and http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/big-lorry-blog/2010/07/more-tucker-sno-cat-websites-d.html