"WITH SCOTT TO THE POLE."

Press, Issue 14828, 20 November 1913, Page 9

"WITH SCOTT TO THE POLE."

At the Colosseum on Monday next there will-be what should prove a. wolconio and successful reproduction of "With Scott to th© Pole," tha 1 ? splendid cinematograph record of tho life and daily work or tho expedition in - regions "about tho South Pole. Tho pictures, takon by Mr H. G. Pointing, F.R.G.S.. aro splendidly reproduced, and aro full of interest ni every detaTT. Tho opening scene is a beautiful seascape showing the Terra Nova battling with an Antarctic gale, somo tine specimens of seals and killer vr'nalos are included, and the- scientists of the expedition Aro shown engaged in their various activities. Tho transport arrangements, too, aro realistically pictured. Captain Scott and hia four companions are shown harnessed in yokes am. pulling their eledga with its heavy load— conditions it is stated under which they travelled for five months. The majestic bulk of Mount Erebus is pictured, and the scenery which . forms the background to the multifarious activities of tho expedition is in many cases magnificent. Nothing in tho picture is moro interesting than the clear idea it gives of tlio conditions under which mc Polar party travelled to success and death.