With winds of up to 100 miles per hour and temperatures that go as low as -58 degrees Fahrenheit, the frozen Antarctic isn’t exactly a welcoming place for the common man. That’s why in 1940, the huge Antarctic Snow Cruiser was deployed in the freezing South to act as a mobile exploration base.

The problem is, that impressive machine failed miserably. And I have a complete video on it, which you can watch by clicking up here.

But if a purpose-made behemoth wasn’t up to the task, what was? Well, explorers used tracked vehicles with great success over time, but they were slow and not exactly comfortable.
What about a Volkswagen Beetle, then? Seems like a crazy idea, doesn’t it?

But that’s exactly what happened - several VW Bugs were used in Antarctica with much success, and I’m here to tell you everything about it.

So stick around until the end of this video to find out the story of Antarctica 1 - the first-ever successful use of a pretty much standard passenger car near the South Pole.


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