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CLUBBING TOGETHER

TRANS-ANTARCTIC TE-A 20s

The five tractors bound for Scott Base were shipped from Norwood’s depot by road to the dock, where they were loaded onto the Endeavour. They were each given female names, no doubt to compensate for the lack of female company on the trip! The two tractors below deck were Daisy and Sue (now displayed at AGCO’s manufacturing facility at Beauvais), while the three on the deck were Liz, Aggie and Gert.

Also on board were

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