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
Dates:
August 9, 1930
Antarctic Snow Cruiser
Digital Image
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10560/islandora:1009441
Dates:
August 9, 1930
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