A historic, 2-ton Sno-Cat is to go on show at the Science Museum for the first time as part of Ten Climate Stories, a new climate change exhibition. Displayed for the first time in a generation, the Sno-Cat was used by Sir Vivian Fuchs in the 1955–8 crossing of Antarctica with Sir Edmund Hillary. The imposing bright-orange tracked vehicle was one of four that completed the perilous journey, along a route littered with icy ridges and treacherous crevasses. These incredible machines operated in temperatures down to – 70 degrees F and winds up to 40 Knots, averaging 22 miles per day.
