The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-22

which Peary found 5000 feet oi Polar sea.
 The historic landing was made yesterday morning by members of an expedition of A men who are based on Rudolf Island, in the Arc tic ocean north of the European continent. -....
 Landing of Plane
 For the Polar landing. the four motored, Russian designed plane USSR N-17O was selected. It took of at 5 a. m. yesterday with Mix hail Vodopianov, whose Arctic flights have won him the title Hero of the Soviet Union" at the controls and Professor Otto Schmidt, Rus sia's leading Arctic expert, in com- mand.
 At 11:10 a. m. the plane circled wide over the pole and at 11:35 a. m. it was landed safely on the ice 20 kilometres u21z miles) from the pole.
 Flashed to Moscow
 News of the landing was flashed at once from the planes radio sci to Moscow. During the message however, the planes transmittel broke down an donly last night when the little group of explorers succeeded in establishing a station on the ice, was communication re- stored.
 Ivan Papanin is to remain as head of the permanent mission. With him will be Urnst Krenkel, radio man; Peter Shirshox, hydro-biolo- gist, and Eugene Fejorov, magnet ologist.
 The AZ men in the expedition left Moscow March 9 in four four motored planes of the ANT-6 type an donetwo-motored plane of the ANT-7 type, all Russian designed and made.
 They arrived on Rudolf Island April 19, and awaited good weather for the final flight which they in- tended to symbolize mans real con- quest of the North Pole. Only Peary Got There
 Many men have stayed on the great ice barrier at the edge of the Antarctic sea on the way to the South Pole but the North Pole has seen only the Peary expedition, on the ice, and airplane and balloon expeditions which merely flew over it.
 Picked men from Russia's best in Arctic aviation and science are in the expedition. Every man was se- lected for his record of work in the mercileSS wastes of the far north. Some were survivors of hazardous weeks or even months out on the Arctic ice on expeditions designed to forward Polar science.
 The members of the Polar planes crew, Professor Schmidt and the four scientists who are to remain, intend, if they can, to build at once a landing field good enough to permit the other four planes to descend at the Polar station with the materials needed for the years s stay of the four men. If 1t is found impracticable to build a safe land- ing field, the other planes will drop these materials by parachute and the N-170 will return to its Rudolf Island base.
 Professor Schmidt wirelessed that he finds the great foe on which the N-170 landed fully suitable for a scientific station and that he is hopeful of building an excellent air. port.
 Govt. Alarmed
 It was disclosed today that the government was alarmed when the pole planes wireless broke down and there was no word of 1t fol hours. Three planes were ordered tt take of from Rudolf Island to the rescue when, the wireless repaired Prof. Schmidt sent 8 message tc Josef Stalin, the leader of the gov- ernment, and Premier viachesla, Molotov.
 All planes of the expedition art to return to Moscow except one which will remain at Rudolf Island and relieve the pole party at the end of year.
 Everything incident to the fight was designed and tested with thu