Milford chronicle., 1931-01-16
Photographs Made BY
Mckinley Are Most
Valuable Records Of
ByrdPolarE Expedition

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first great flight is eastward to tn
Rockefeller Mountains, so name,
for John D. Rockefeller, who helpe,
finance the trip. His second fligh
covers 10000 square miles of lan(
which he calls Marie Byrd Land il
honor of his wife. Commander Byrt
| discovers and claims this land; thu
geologist. Larry Gould, explores ant
! studies it, but it remains to Captain
Asley Mckinley to prove thei1
claims by his pictures. So he takes
panoramic pictures with his camera
which contains a film thirty fee
long and nine inches wide. They
will be developed when he goes
back home.
After the winter night, which
lasts from April to August, Byrd
makes his memorable flight to the
pole and Mckinley maps out more
pictures. Later he tells that this eX-
perience was quite a thrill. They
are mild words to explain what a
feeling it must have been. They
were doing what no man ever did
before them; they were looking
upon land no human eye had ever
before seen. Richard Byrd was the
Columbus of Antarctica.
When this flight is over the men
are anxious to return home. Cap
tain Mckinley is too, for he knows
it will take him nine months to de-
YelOp all the pictures he has taken,
and he wants to get at it. So when
February the 18th arrives he is
glad, for the "City of New York"
passes the ice pack, and comes to
take them all bome-yes, all. for no
mans bones were left in the cold
Antarctic.
Home-after all adventures, it is
a good place to be, and Captain Nc
Kinley is glad to be back. AS for
Byrd, he has a deficit of 100000,
and of that $4,000 goes TO develop
Captain McKinley's pictures. But
both of them think the result will be
worth the money, because no one
will be able to dispute the claims of
cur country.
Today Captain Mckinley is man
of husky build and about five feet
eight or nine in height. He has blue
eyes and curly light brown hair. He
is a little deaf, and does not talk
much; but when he does his voice
is deep and rich. When he tells of
the expedition, he seems to live it
all over again with Byrd and his
brave companions. He has the great
est regard for all of them; and so do
we, for only real men would under
take such a trip.
Surely in all of them:
"There is a fire and motion OF the
soul, which will not dwell
In its own narrow being, but aspire
Beyond the fitting medium Of desire
And but once kindled, quenchleSs
eYermOre,
Preys upon high adventure, nor can
tire
OF aught but rest"
Alice Breme 80
Editors Note-Of the three men
who flew over the South Pole with
Commander Byrd, namely Balchen,
June and Mckinley, Mckinley is
least frequently mentioned, but in
later years his name will be out
standing. McKinley's pictures will
supply the evidence to sustain the
United States in its claims for prior
and possession of GER
tain parts of Antarctica.
It must be understood that Com
mander Byrd's Expedition into the
South Pole area was purely one Of
and while the highly
and dramatic act of fly +,
ng over the South Pole itself in an |
was perhaps the most
spectacular incident of the trip, the
explorations made by Byrd,
Gould and others of Byrd's party, by
and dog teams were real
y the more important. And Cap
ain McIIinley's remarkable photo
graphs will later supply the evil
lence, not only to actually prove
hat notable discoveries were made,
Dut visualize this truth to degree
If accuracy which must be accepted.
Commander Byrd knew that when
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exploration he must have all-cOn-
incing proof of what he and his
arty had done. And with this
bought in mind he chose Captain
lcKinley, the famous aerial photo
rapher of the United States Army,
or this important task. Captain
TcKinley used a special camera
18th strips of film thirty feet long
nd nine inches wide. The pictures
nat were taken permit a piecing to-
ether thus forming complete
anorama of the whole area that
as covered by aeroplane. These
anoramic pictures will be assemb-
ID in ninety odd books, a copy of
hich will go to each foreign gcv-
S
It will take Captain Mckinley
early year to complete these vol t
mes,