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Scientific expeditions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Antarctic Snow Cruiser

 Digital Image
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10560/islandora:1009440

Antarctic Snow Cruiser

 Digital Image
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10560/islandora:1009441

Grote Reber collection, 1933-2000

 Collection
Identifier: 002.05.12
Description of the Collection

The collection contains manuscripts, photographs, transparencies, and a video related to Grote Reber.

Dates: 1933-2000

Snow Cruiser Photos, Elbert M. Decker, 1939

 Collection
Identifier: 031.08.05
Abstract

The Snow Cruiser was an experimental vehicle built in 1939 by Armour Research Foundation for use by Adm. Byrd on his third Antarctic Expedition.

Dates: 1939

Snow Cruiser stamp cover, 1941

 Collection
Identifier: 031.02.08
Description of the Collection Cancelled stamp cover commemorating the Snow Cruiser's arrival at the South Pole; cancellation dated May 6, 1941, Boston, Mass. Cover shows drawing of Snow Cruiser with plane mounted on top. Markings: on obverse: The Snow Cruiser Reaches the South Pole/Defense plans halted/Byrd Antarctic Expedition III/in south polar regions/Lat. 78 degrees 30' S. Long. 163 degrees 30' W./Research Foundation of the Armour Institute of Technology. On reverse: Registered No. 6932/Carried from Little America by...
Dates: 1941

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