Rare trans-Antarctic ’Sno-Cat’ makes its debut at the Science Museum

A historic, 2-ton Sno-Cat is to go on show at the Science Museum for the first time this Friday (8th April), as part of Ten Climate Stories, a new climate change exhibition. Displayed in time for the Easter school holidays, 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 treacherou