Canterbury Museum: Antarctic Exhibit

This is one of the first vehicles used in Antarctica in 1914. It had a 9hp motor and could only move at a walking pace. It broke down constantly, and one time had to be hauled by the men over 19km.

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Things got better by 1957, with a 180hp motor.

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They also had a collection of the things the explorers used to pass the time while stranded on a frozen wasteland.

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