05/21/2026
America spent $150,000 building the ultimate polar machine in 1939. 🧊
That’s $2.7 million in today’s money.
17 meters long. 34 tons. Engineered to dominate Antarctica for a full year.
It could only operate in reverse. 🔄
148 kilometers. Backwards. Then abandoned forever on the ice. Nobody knows where it is today. 👇
What went wrong in YOUR opinion?