The Kusko times., 1926-02-20
ADVANCE GUARD OF POLAR EXPEDITION CONFIDENT
 TRIP WILL BE SUCCESSFUL
Anchorage Tines.1


 e"You can tell the world we are sgoing through" said Captain A. Mal- tcolm Smith, head of the advance Iparty for the Wilkins polar expedi- ttion, during his short stopover in An .chorage yesterday. "We are well aware what we are up against in our northern venture, and have no fear of the outcome. Our plans have all l5een laid carefully, and, while we know we have tough time ahead of lus, we are going ahead with every assurance of success
 The personnel of the party under s"Sandy" Smith we'll justifes his feel ing of optimism. Young, confident, and thorough professionals in their Hines, his three assistants show every indication of possessing the right lmettle for such an undertaking. Cor tdon Scott, representative of Snow Motors, Inc, in direct charge of tte mechanical phase of the journey, is one of the inventors of the machine vxhich is being talked about so much in connection with the journey. He lhas driven and demonstrated the ma chimes under all sorts of conditions ;and in many sections. One of his re- cent trips took him to the Alps in suitzerland, where the snow motor sas given rigid triols over Alats gla- Ter, the snowy reaches and ice fields of the rugged little European princi- lpality. Still later he went across the border into Canada and put the ma erhine through it's paces in the heavy .snows of the northern part of the Dominion. In Montana he proved tthe feasibility of the machine in fight ing drifts of the Black Hills a:.s de- tclares he has met with success wherever he has taken the machines. Finland and Russia have also wit messed demonstrations of this new de- lparture in sno transportation, and MT. Scott declares it will be recog- lnized as the iron malamute" when the sourdoughs recognize it's utitity He is satisfied thatthe interior will present no unforeseen difficulties, and expects to make the long trip to Bar lriw without trouble.
 Earl Rossman, photographer for the party, is no stranger to the Ter lritory, having been resident for the past five years. He was in Juneau at the time of President Harding's visit there in 1923, and secured pho ttographs of the nations chief execu- tive at that time. Mr. Rossman had at that time just returned from a ttwo-year sojourn in Wainwright, where he was engaged in filming scenes of Eskimo life and the north .ern phenomena. MT. R0ssman claims ito be the first motion picture pho- tographer to take the northern lights and in their natural colors. He spent five hours in the biting cold of the northern winter at 46 degrees below zero, photographing the course of the sun, from sunrise to sunset, utilizing two cameras, and taking pictures every ten seconds. One of the ma chimes froze during the day, and but Tor the extra camera his effort would have failed. The Eskimo looked askance at him and called him "The Man That Hunts With a Box"
 While located at Wainwright Ross Inan also photographed his feature film, "KivaIina of the North" which is said to be creating a sensation in the States. It was being exhibited at the Pantages three weeks ago. xxi vsssza@". ls au. Eskimo word denoting