A newly developed snow vehicle (SM100S) for Antarctica I. Necessity and process of the development

Four types of snow vehicles have so far been employed in the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition. These snow vehicles are mainly used on the inland ice sheet and on the sea ice. As for the inland traverses, the SM50S-type snow vehicle has been used, but the research area is now expanding to the m...

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Main Authors: Sadao Takeuchi, Atsushi Kino, Masayuki Hosoya, Jiro Yoshida, Kenji Ishizawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1992-11-01
Series:Antarctic Record
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.15094/00008781