Sno-Cat


 
 

The Tucker Sno-Cat is a tracked vehicle or a family of tracked vehicles for snow conditions. Different models have been used for expeditions in the Arctic and the Antarctic during the second half of the 20th century. It differs from other truck-sized snow vehicles, commonly known as Snowcats, by its use of four independently mounted sets of tracks.

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Sno-Cat is also the name of a Commodore_64 computer game, which featured the above vehicle racing up a mountain to rescue stranded skiing party.

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Arctic: The Arctic is the area around the Earth's North Pole. The Arctic includes parts of Russia, Alaska (United States), Canada, Greenland (a territory of Denmark), Iceland, and Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, and Finland), as well as the Arctic Ocean....

Antarctic: The Antarctic () is the region around the Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica and the ice shelves, waters and island territories in the Southern Ocean situated south of the Antarctic Convergence. The region cover...

Snowcat: A Snowcat is an enclosed-cab, truck sized, fully tracked vehicle designed to move on snow. Snowcats are also known as groomers, because of their use for grooming ski trails ("pistes") or snowmobile trails. Most snowcats, such as the ones produced by Bombardier in the past, have two sets of tracks, f...


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