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Snowmobiles once carried doctors through blizzards

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Before becoming sleek recreational machines, they were heavy, boxy, tracked vehicles specifically designed to help country doctors reach stranded patients in the middle of blizzards.

Snowmobiles once carried doctors through blizzards
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