Editing Continuous track (section)

=== Snow vehicles ===
In a memorandum of 1908, Antarctic explorer [[Robert Falcon Scott]] presented his view that man-hauling to the South Pole was impossible and that motor traction was needed.<ref>R. F. Scott (1908). ''The Sledging Problem in the Antarctic, Men versus Motors''</ref> [[Snow vehicle]]s did not yet exist however, and so his engineer [[Reginald Skelton]] developed the idea of a caterpillar track for snow surfaces.<ref>Roland Huntford (2003) ''Scott and Amundsen. Their Race to the South Pole. The Last Place on Earth.'' Abacus, London, p.224</ref> These tracked motors were built by the [[Wolseley Motors|Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company]] in Birmingham, tested in Switzerland and Norway, and can be seen in action in [[Herbert Ponting]]'s 1911 documentary film of Scott's Antarctic [[Terra Nova Expedition]].<ref>
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</ref> Scott died during the expedition in 1912, but expedition member and biographer [[Apsley Cherry-Garrard]] credited Scott's "motors" with the inspiration for the British World War I tanks, writing: "Scott never knew their true possibilities; for they were the direct ancestors of the 'tanks' in France."<ref>{{cite book | last = Cherry-Garrard | first = Apsley | author-link = Apsley Cherry-Garrard | title = The Worst Journey in the World | date = 1922 | publisher = Constable & Co. Ltd. | location = London, England | volume = 2 | page = 322 | url = https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822031034879&view=1up&seq=38&skin=2021 | archive-date = 2021-08-12 | access-date = 2021-08-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210812170923/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822031034879&view=1up&seq=38&skin=2021 | url-status = live }}</ref>

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File:Snow wing skid steer.webp|Snow wing skid steer with tracked treads
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In time, however, a wide array of vehicles were developed for snow and ice, including [[snowcat|ski slope grooming machines]], [[snowmobile]]s, and countless commercial and military vehicles.