When I see images like this, I am just in awe of the first explorers that went out there and just did it.
The true adventure of just going out and seeing what happened and were men about it.
In this photo, these guys are just casually unloading the truck before it drops into the abyss. Now a days, the camera crews would dramatize the whole thing and everyone would be back 200yrds just in case, trip over, send in the helicopters. What I would give to be on a trip like this.
And the truck didn't fall, they needed it so the saved it.
"One of the four 1955 Tucker Sno-Cat Type 743 Double Drives (A) used during the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1957-1958. Led by Vivian Fuchs, the sno-cats traveled 3473 km in 98 days consuming 70 litres of petrol per 100km. After the expedition this unit worked at Scott Base until 1971 when it returned to New Zealand and is now part of the display at the Canterbury Museum, New Zealand, which also includes a converted Ferguson TE20 tractor and sledges."
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