The $15 Million Truck that SUNK in the Antarctic - Past Gas # 16-17

In this double episode, Nolan, Joe and Jeremiah discuss one of the most infamous engineering feats you’ve never heard of: The Snow Cruiser. With tires that were ten feet high, and a cabin big enough to house four researchers, this behemoth was meant to conquer the southern ice fields of the Antarctic. But as we'll see "The Penguin" may have been the biggest engineering disaster in all of automotive history.
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[@sebastianhenriquez6134]

Can you guys put photos of the cars and the other things you talk about. Like maybe just flash a photo of the car that you are talking about in the moment for like 5 seconds. Pls and thx

[@chrisgidney710]

Agreed I wanna see what y’all see I like the format of loosely reading literature but I watch the KZbin stream to see what’s going on not just hear it. Still love the show just would love to see some pictures to complete the experiance

[@joeljeffrey9139]

Well it's supposed to be a podcast for people to listen too. But, I understand it being on KZbin they could provide photos since they've already edited the video.

[@maverickslastoddworld6476]

Look it up

[@bentonsullivan4156]

I realize I am pretty randomly asking but do anyone know of a good website to watch new tv shows online ?

[@reyanshholden4292]

@Benton Sullivan i use Flixzone. Just search on google for it :)

[@icanrunat3200mhz]

October is spring in the southern hemisphere and the beginning of summer in Antarctica.

[@flamcheeseful]

Screaming they dont understand the tilt of the earth.

[@MidwestDankAlumni]

Fuckin stoners

[@dmystermillion2351]

As an Australian I was like what U sayn when they said that it was winter

[@michaelf.2449]

I was coming to comment this

[@billywampler2852]

I'd like to say here that I (a GED recipient) had this on as background noise and knew instantaneously (spelled from memory) that Nolan (a college boi) was an idiot... Just kidding love the content guys keep it up

[@cheapmoto15]

Can you guys please show the pictures you're talking about like on JRE. Love the podcasts!

[@NotAContentCreator]

Would love if you guy added the pictures of the stuff you are explains so we don’t have to leave the podcast to see it. Love the podcast!

[@EagleEye8208]

"Best Grandpa Ever" "Lazy" great wardrobe choices guys! Love it 🤣

[@Lenoch_]

Guy in the back is filled with so many random gems of knowledge. Reminds me of the guy who watched Animal Planet in Dude Where's My Car

[@chris-andrebrissett5208]

Really makes this entertaining than it already is. I like that they feature other Donut members

[@MidwestDankAlumni]

How stoned are you guys? December in the *SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE* is *SUMMER*

[@jennifercase7715]

I'm not trying to be mean but Antarctica is in the southern hemisphere so when they were talking about how since they went in October it would be colder and larger but it's actually summer and spring during those months

[@shaneconta249]

the girls laughs in the back during the extra funny jokes are such a great accidental effect lol

[@HighItsBubba]

Yeah she has a contagious laugh

[@jazsmin3rosado27]

Wen that dude said that corny joke in the beginning n she laughed so hard I was like she must like that guy cause that joke wasn't that funny n u always see that in movies wen the girl thinks a dude is cute she laughs super loud n stops wen no1 else does

[@DreamWrench]

I like the dynamic between Nolan, Joe and Jeremiah a lot! I love James too. Great episode!

[@frozenlotus3563]

I love how they are like oh shit that’s going into winter! But in the Southern Hemisphere that would be Spring going into Summer. Then again depending on how long the ship rides take it may take them into fall, possibly winter if conditions were really bad,assuming they left from Europe. But if they set off from South America it would be a pretty ideal time to explore season wise.

[@BrandonDubsComedy]

I laughed so hard at South Pole Santa hahaha

[@medevilmonkey]

I look forward to this every Sunday thank you guys so much

[@itsfqndave]

The way to remember which is The Arctic/Antarctica: Antarctica has more letters than Arctic hence sinks to the bottom.

[@csours]

Nimrod is actually from the Hebrew Bible, not Greek Mythos, and it means "Mighty Hunter". In the bible he led the builders of the tower of Babel.

[@IRMacGuyver]

I talk to a lot of people that hear something like this in a podcast and take it as fact arguing with me the dumbest shit.

[@maxonclifton374]

Thank you.

[@Mreverydaythings]

That is 100% inaccurate, Nimrod was invented and sung by Green Day, get out of here with your Bible

[@Liond4d]

Aka Apollo

[@elijahnurse9829]

I’m sitting here this whole time trying to figure out if the grandpa shirt is just to be ironic or this 20 something year old is actually a grandpa😭

[@itsameyaboi]

30:37 "is ketchup a smoothie" killed me, Joe doesn't talk much but he has gold one-liners 🤙

[@cerdjee4918]

SOME people don't like ice in their drink in Europe, because 1. the drink is already cold out of a fridge, and 2. more ice == less drink. You're basically paying for half a glass of ice, and then half a glass of whatever drink you ordered. waste of money that.

[@jacksawyer7300]

Came to say the same thing. It's not that Europeans don't like ice in their drinks. It's that we like a drink with some ice in it, not a glass of ice with a splash of a drink.

[@daltonhunt7374]

Joe sounds like T.J. Miller, is it just me that hears that???

[@Bradenjchaddic]

he kind of looks like him too

[@drewwalton5973]

And Duncan Trussell haha

[@kehlerjohnson1205]

My uncle does the ice core drilling down there in Antarctica. Has been for years. Ive seen and held the teeth for the drillbit

[@gogocube3924]

Love the Pod Casts. I would really love pictures of what you guys are talking about WHEN your talking about them. Just do like corner screen away from the faces or show it on the full screen

[@99wolfseditionify]

Will somebody get this man something to play with under the desk.

[@Coltwollsch]

Are we all just going to ignore nolan's shirt? Best grandpa ever 🤣

[@themroc8231]

19:32 Hmmm, october is actually the beginning of spring. Southern Hemisphere: the seasons are inverted.

[@gtx-808]

37:00 Google snow cruiser pinguin & you can see it trying to go through a bridge is awesome

[@fries4450]

I did a presentation on the Scott vs Amundsen race in elementary. I love that story and it's great you talked about it.

[@charlielivermanjr8837]

Send the guy from Vice Grip Garage, Junkyard Digs and Junkyard Mook. They would have that thing up and running in an afternoon.

[@redstone-kg3ne]

October is getting into summer in the Southern Hemisphere

[@derrickstorm6976]

US astronauts landed on the moon with a plaque saying "we came in peace for all mankind" but ok let's ignore that

[@matthewbernard4152]

I love the 50 year reference of them just forgetting about it and then just having to go back to just immediately leave 😂

[@somedude5657]

And years later, a famous off-roader and legendary monster truck builder named Bob Chandler would come across an abandoned arctic snow train, look at its wheels, and say, meh fuck it I can fit those on Bigfoot #5.

[@HenryMidfields]

17:48 - Yes, Japan sent in explorer Nobu Shirase during 1911-1912. He gave up on the race to the South Pole - by then Amundsen and Scott (as you mentioned) was far too ahead - and instead did metrological and scientific investigations around the Great Ice Barrier in the Ross Sea. There was an area, which turned out to be part of the Antarctic Ocean that was frozen during Shirase's expedition, that was formerly named Yamato Setsugen (or Yamato Snow Plains). A couple of places in Antractica are now named after him and his expedition ie Shirase Glacier and Shirase Coast.

[@Paul8v]

We definitely do have ice in our drinks! Not sure I've been in a pub that serves dr pepper though!

[@drummerdoingstuff5020]

Bro, I mean, we enjoy your faces but can we get some pics for reference...

[@marajade2932]

As a decendant of The Rat Pirate... I approve of this👍

[@LeyliaFireheart]

The seasons are flipped in the southern hemisphere so October in Antartica is actually heading into Summer and is the best time to try to attenpt the south pole

[@veight7]

Every time Joe talks I think TJ Miller has joined in

[@JessInThe999]

And today we have a special guest, its Conner form Cyberlife!

[@херзнаетгражданинЕбеньграда]

4:38 hello from Russia!

[@kaidokiller]

хер знает гражданин Ебеньграда greetings fellow comrade

[@marioarchuleta8723]

Where's Russia comrad

[@suicidestremyanka]

Хочу верхушку мира и дно мира, да да я

[@kevingunn2097]

Gag me with a spoon ahahahahaha wtf funny as hell

[@Lizardking.420]

The goose of cows 🤣🤣🤣

[@jacobkelley7762]

The plane was not left. It had an even more interesting life after Antarctica and is still around

[@ahmedabdullahraiyan8419]

Nobody: Nolan: GAG ME WITH A SPOON!!

[@bretthaynes1921]

Love the podcasts boys keep em' coming!! 👌

[@anthonysmalawipredators8794]

In 1862 those were the type of dudes that said "if your cold boy, just take a piss right now"

[@pad0965]

Does any one else see the checkerboard vans when they do the back shot with the cameras

[@claychambers82]

Did any else notice Nolan's shirt?

[@CharlesBordy]

Y'all. Antarctica is in the southern hemisphere lol. In October, you're rolling into summer.

[@E1337Jerk]

I just imagine the 92 miles in reverse being driven by mr. bean. Nolan Sandwich Engineer we need this shirt

[@stevemcdowell123]

Love this podcast

[@mattfisher8905]

I would love some pictures to go along with your video.

[@1sleet460]

Imagine one of those explorers in the is still alive and just found the cruiser stole it

[@andyfulcher4132]

Damn I love these listen to them while at work I was feening 😬 for a new one and up what do you know. You guys are talking about my great great great ect grand papa there Captain James Cook be careful there I'll have the walk the plank !! Ha so cool I know I'm dumb but it's not lie I can even proof it !

[@grogdocr]

An engineering team designs an automated bar with a robotic bartender. To test it they order 1 beer, 10 beers, and then 999 beers, they cycle through all the songs in the jukebox and have a test group use the dancefloor. Having passed those tests the bar opens. The first customer walks in and asks for the bathroom, and the bar tender promptly explodes setting fire to the bar.

[@StellarGale]

Russian listener here. Ice is cool.

[@ajorsomething4935]

Soviets: Ah yes, a big steamy turd of 1939 tech. We definitely need that.

[@lutherclark8678]

The "Best Grandpa shirt" isn't so funny when you're almost age appropriate

[@lutherclark8678]

Really just wanted to see if nolan replies to his comments

[@jamieleeper8215]

Horses/ponys grow a winter coat that is much thicker than the summer coats. I still don't know if a horse would be able to handle the extreme cold though

[@army_strings4945]

Metallica played a concert in Antarctica for a bunch of scientists in 2013. They are the only band to have played all 7 continents and they did all within a month.

[@TheTubaEmporer]

Thanks for the history of nimrod, the more you know!

[@purdins1987]

Antarctica is in the southern hemisphere. October is going into summer.

[@keoni3814]

I am so thankful for the line and tell you how much is left in the ad but since the background on this one was yellow I can’t tael

[@louisrockefeller9152]

Sand is different than snow, but the friction coefficient is most similar

[@noaimnoskillnokill3947]

"frozen wasteland" well at least there's moss growing on ice in the siberian tundra

[@naspyro1511]

After they tasted that whisky they found from the expedition, they recreated it and you can buy a bottle.

[@Fast5MTA]

i thought donut media would not talking about the slickest snow cruiser car ever in antarctica until i found this podcast accidentally xD

[@sirius4k]

lol... a brain surgeon, a rocket scientist and a sandwich engineer walk into a bar 😂

[@keoni3814]

It was the plan all along, submarine 🤣😅

[@rodolfomoya2732]

We need to go back to antártica and find that abandoned car!

[@NaptownTuner]

Yet the moon landing went flawless.. don’t question it

[@Notthetimeforit]

Go back to your basement, your tin foil hat is slipping off.

[@NaptownTuner]

Keep drinking the koolaid ... the government pissed in it

[@RDKelly12]

Holy shit that sandwich engineer line fucking destroyed me, nolan can be pretty funny

[@cmak4563]

"We all kinda agree that it's not worth the trouble" *Cuts to discussion about Greenland: Then it melts and is worth the trouble.

[@JessInThe999]

The reason they went in october is probably because the seasons are flipped south of the equator. It was actually going into summer.

[@asicdathens]

In one of Clive Cussler books this vehicle was resurrected in order to prevent a major global catastrophe in the Antarctic.

[@andrewjensen6744]

Someone should ship these guys some muktuk

[@_Ezio__Auditore_]

Our Sun is a star...no one lives on stars unless they can handle stupid high temperatures lol

[@longblacktrain777]

Damn Nolan you definitely wouldn't be able to survive an Antarctic expedition you would have the same fate as a baby seal... lol

[@rdrummer2]

4 cylinder, 15 horsepower air cooled beast lol

[@zztop7306]

So is this like a one part "series"? Lmao

[@jakemason2220]

I know this is a car channel and mostly car news but anything travel related would be nice to listen to. History of boat captains, famous pilots, and possibly even train stuff. Real enjoy your podcasts keep it up!

[@imminent3178]

Teenage boys: see something mildly arousing. Then get called out. Boys: 12:31

[@Stormynormy42]

Sometimes I like to think about stumbling across one of these random ass cars left in ridiculous places over a century ago, when people would treat them like miracle machines then have to abandon them along the way. I wonder how many are out there.

[@DirectorBonnell]

When the boys don't know the southern hemisphere have opposite seasons...

[@jameshenderson6681]

The awkward energy is suffocating

[@dustintaber]

Whiskey can last indefinitely as long as it's not exposed to sunlight or air.

[@noaimnoskillnokill3947]

The theory that the snow cruiser fell into the ocean is supported by reports of sights of big drifting ice portions with what looked like some open rooms on the vertical outer walls. So the snow cruiser most likely got ripped apart and sank into the ocean when the driftet out ice portions melted

[@coosey3764]

I hope Jeremiah is on part 2 boys!

[@thatonedude5237]

HAH, sending our "best" tech to Mars to take low res pictures.

[@DatOneCat]

The first time I saw the Snow Cruiser the only thing that came to mind was the cars/rigs seen in the game "Rollcage".

[@kainanbaca8276]

This would have been far better without the Napoleon Dynamite reject there

[@chrislouis7611]

He left in October because that is Spring time down there.

[@Daniel_Pines_26]

On the southern hemisphere summer, not winter, starts in December so that's actually the warmest time of the year down there; and yes, Greenland belongs to Denmark, not Netherlands.

[@alfsRJRSRN]

actually.. winter in the north is summer in antarctica..

[@aubreylore7134]

There actually is a treaty that Antarctica is a neutral place for only scientific research. That treaty will be expiring soon, however. When it expires, some nation's and corporations will be hoping to get access for mining and fracking.

[@ArmandoVictorForno]

I’m a huge fan of yours and I literally spend days watching and rewatching all your videos, but this time I strongly disagree with you guys. You made Sir Ernest Shackleton look like a complete fool, but in reality he was a great explorer and an even greater leader. Sailing one century ago was a whole different thing than it is now: there were no tracking devices and ship-building techniques were basically the same as the ones found in previous centuries. Thus, attempting an exploration in Antarctica was like signing a death certificate. During the expedition, Shackleton’s vessel got stuck in ice. After desperately trying to dig the ship out, it was decided to wait for the ice to open. The ice ultimately crushed the ship, leaving the whole crew with nothing but a few sleds, ammo, their dogs and not much else. Everyone knew that no one would have been sent from the UK to rescue them, so it all depended on them. When food supplies were gone, the crew started hunting penguins and seals; after months of desperate fighting, they ultimately decided to eat their beloved dogs. Long story short, Shackleton managed to save every single one of the 27 crew members by sailing an extremely small open boat to the nearest inhabited island in the Atlantic Ocean (South Georgia) to ask for help. At this point, more than one year has passed since they left England. The saddest part of the story is yet to come: soon after all this happened, WWI was declared and all crew members were called to fight for their country. None of them survived. Google this story, it deserves to be told very differently.

[@ArmandoVictorForno]

It deserves to be told and *remembered very differently

[@connormckeown6826]

Nolan should check out the book death on the ice

[@BloodyLunacy]

It's funny how you guys mention the drilling of Lake Vostok and how in movies this all leads to disaster, then a couple of month's later the world is in the thrall of a pandemic.

[@Momo_15-01]

You have designed a heavy ass truck and your driving it on thin ice can anyone see a problem

[@habibiranch]

The earth is flat. Antarctica is the ice wall, the rim of the earth.

[@vehicularalchemy]

Preach preacher!

[@noaimnoskillnokill3947]

I just want to let you know that the snow cruisers tires actually were heatable to make the tire rubber last longer under extreme cold conditions