Page 25 - the story of motoring

1-1 Alaska, North Russia and Iceland there arc no roads in winter. From Novcnber
-1; May thick snolzi and ice cover tile land. So snocats are used. These huge tracked
.shicles crisscross the Artic carrying food and equipment. For personal use there
:s the skidoo. Villages and houses are no longer isolated. Where it used to take
7 days by reindeer sledge, it noh takes 5 hours by skidoo.

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dn,;lni= c~ri 11~11 1,glde range of iml~lernents. Ploughs, barro!\is, seed machines, c~lt
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The Tractor