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PCDU Episode 30: Antarctica: The Last True Wilderness
PCDU Episode 30: Antarctica: The Last True Wilderness
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20 minutes
Released:
Apr 20, 2010
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Podcast episode
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The first aircraft to be used in Antarctica was Henry Mawson’s Vickers REP monoplane. Sadly, it had been damaged in Australia before arriving in Antarctica and was used as an “air tractor” to pull sleds. Even that didn’t work out and it was dumped, eventually being found again only recently. Given that inauspicious start, . . . → Read More: PCDU Episode 30: Antarctica: The Last True Wilderness
Released:
Apr 20, 2010
Format:
Podcast episode
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