Cletrac Peak - Admirals Byrd's expedition to Antarctica

[Blake Malkamaki]

Did you know that Admiral Byrd took a Cletrac (I think it may have been an 80) with him to Antarctica?

Cletrac Peak
SCAR Gazetteer Ref. No 2759

http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display ... _id=123622

This name originates from United States of America, but is also called Cletrac Peak (United Kingdom) and It is part of the SCAR Gazetteer.

A conspicuous steep-sided peak at the NW corner of Larsen Inlet, immediately N of Muskeg Gap, in Graham Land. Mapped from surveys by FIDS (1960-61). Named by UK-APC after Cletrac tractors made by the Cleveland Tractor Co., Ohio, the first to be used successfully in the Antarctic, by Admiral Byrd's second expedition (1933-35).


Latitude:    64Ã,° 20' 00.0" S    -64.333Ã,°
Longitude:    59Ã,° 38' 00.0" W    -59.633Ã,°