ADVISORY/SATELLITE FOOTAGE: Grandfathers of the Snowmobile Industry Complete Historic Trek Across Alaska.

News/Assignment Editors & Sports/Entertainment Writers

ADVISORY...for Wednesday (March 22)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Inventors Meet Santa at North Pole

Eight days and more than 900 miles after leaving Bethel, AK on March 15, Edgar Hetteen, 79 and David Johnson, 77, co-inventors of the modern-day snowmobile, have successfully led their 10-man team across the frozen tundra of Alaska.

The trip recreated Hetteen's 1960 journey that proved the untested Polaris "Sno-Traveler" was useful and could withstand extreme winter conditions. The first-ever trip was a success and snowmobiling has since changed the way of life for millions of thrill-seekers around the world.

Now, 40 years later, the group conquered frigid temperatures and blowing dust and snow. As they made their way across the interior of Alaska, they were greeted by locals, including some who remember the trip in 1960. The group arrived at their destination on March 22, in Fairbanks and then took a side trip to the North Pole.

B-roll package will include the following:
Video of:
     --   Hetteen's first trek across Alaska in 1960
     --   Hetteen visiting people and places he encountered in 1960
     --   Hetteen arriving in Fairbanks on an original Polaris
          "Sno-Traveler"
     --   Hetteen and Johnson presenting "Santa" with a pair of long
          johns at the North Pole
Sound from:
     --   People who remember how snowmobiling changed the way of life
          in Alaska
     --   Edgar Hetteen, who made the first trek across Alaska in 1960
     --   David Johnson, who built the first snowmobile
     --   Tom Tiller, CEO of Polaris Industries

SATELLITE COORDINATES FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2000

SATELLITE TIME:            3:30 P.M. -- 4 P.M. EST
SATELLITE NAME:            KU Band Telstar 7
TRANSPONDER:               Transponder 1 Full
AUDIO:                     6.2 & 6.8
DOWNLINK FREQ:             11.720 Vertical