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01-18-2010, 07:57 PM
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Re: Old Street Scenes
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Sounds like a potential Barrett Jackson star auction vehicle. [/ QUOTE ] That won't be happening being they left it behind and the cost to retrieve it would far surpass the value of whatever's left even if it was found.. "...What happened to the cruiser? It was left behind in Antarctica in an underground ice garage. In the late 1940s another expedition found the vehicle and discovered it needed only air in the tires and some servicing to make it operational. It was again rediscovered in 1962, still perfectly preserved. Where is Byrd's snow cruiser now? As of 1985 there has been speculation as to its whereabouts. Antarctic ice is in constant motion, and the ice shelf the cruiser was on is constantly moving out to sea. In the mid-1960s, a large chunk of the Ross Ice Shelf broke off and drifted away. The break occurred right through Little America. On which side of the break was the snow cruiser? No one seemed to know at the time. The end of this story is still uncertain. Either the vehicle is buried under many, many feet of ice—where it might possibly be discovered by future explorers. Or it could be resting on the bottom of the Southern Ocean..." ------------------------------------------------------------ A better tale recovery from the ice we've looked at here in the past too is the story of 'Glacier Girl' the P-38 found and recovered in recent years.. http://p38assn.org/glacier-girl-recovery.htm  ~ Pete 
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