4x4s.org NAMED MODEL · 1934
NAMED MODELSpecial · ExpeditionFrance

P15 N of the second Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1934)

Three six-cylinder P15 N half-tracks, with a Cletrac and two Fords, on Richard E. Byrd’s second Antarctic expedition.

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Sources & evidence
BASE VEHICLEKégresse P15 N snow half-track (1928–34)BUILT BYCitroënIN SERVICE1934OPERATED INUnited StatesPRODUCTION3LAYOUT2 wheels

The record

From 17 January 1934 they unloaded the ships between the ice edge and Little America, then supplied the advance base about 200 km to the south at 80° 08′ S, where Byrd wintered alone from 28 March. One of the half-tracks reached him on 11 August 1934.

Specification

MANUFACTURERCitroën ↗
Paris (half-track department at Suresnes, then Courbevoie)
MANUFACTURED1934
ENGINECitroën C6 sixCitroën C6 six
PRODUCTION RUN3
COUNTRY OF ORIGINFrance
OPERATED INUnited States
STATUSexpedition vehicles
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEKégresse C4 and C6
FAMILYKégresse C4 and C6
WHEELS2
CATEGORYSpecial · Expedition

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Sources

  1. 1Les autochenilles Kégresse (Pascal Honegger, 2015) ↗Krybebåndssocietetet (kegresse.dk) · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-24 · status: researched