PICTURESQUE ANTARCTICA.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1455, 1 June 1912, Page 6

PICTURESQUE ANTARCTICA.

'/■ mms the inn&ic WA.sm;. ■ Tli'o other afternopji : a .K.iQiip of- iiienI' .entered a Jiurltiinpj-iji. Market.Street Sy* ■■nev. and up;s«Biuled , a short --fligjlj; :of ■ sta'ifs to <t basbnieufc, .Xhpre', is- npuiinsr yejiv svoiiderful in' tliat-,..0f .c'oursor.isiy.s ' iili<i : '"Sydney Jklprninß' -biitrwhafc is wondefrul is that uv in'iiuites : they were all 'm .Aljtaictioa, amqiis tho' 'ie'e'-and the s'lHyyr,, ai'ul fhS p.enguinsV;,an(t tfie: -niidnight .su.u.. C^ap.taiii^.Scotb : tiier'.d,- ipdv'and the sliip>l.errS. A'oyii;: and ciuftd.rui .array p'.f peoiile.-ana straii'jje ; shmials Sml. uiifls, to-say ' nothing'of'. :a ; c.uriQUS -.a:ri'd, linexpoc.ted BiirroAinding ot. . adventiire arid .cxcitemeiit- ... . - For that, 'bttiliiiiig -is't.he iSydney estaV lishiueat <<if Jtesfi. ,C!it)i.riiont, the u;eh- ' fc-riow.il '.kiiieraatpgiuipli ■nr.m, w and\p.ii,thp affernpon in. aue'stiphs .ilr/.-nevbert -Poifc , : "P. p;o/S., \i:as: sliowiiig-'tlve-rilnis'-lie. ■rceeiitly tflok -jn- his official -capacity.' of- ' photbgHipiier to-, the- .Sco.it ..c'xpfdiiipih - : I ' 'inter. o is h;o -niaßc-lie'lieyc. hijoiit . these: ■ni'-t'ir.es. They nro Bpiijiine ipliotogriiphs 6*''«.liat actually -pecurved- oiX.ihe v .i'eri;i : , u'ov.a,' ii.nd wfthiii. the ice'-bpund r.eK.ioiv p.£: the' SiViitli Pole.. They , (ire yery.graphic, alii verv snappy., ivild very 1 o'tl'i.er'VbTds, .fhey; a're aliye with; reality:' —the- iSality p:f iv .brave, adyentjivpus un---ilTliiliing. Looking , at tiips'e pictiiM's you , - -miderstp*! in. -ri llafh the; iii.CAiu.Kg- of pohiv ■pxpl)br.atiQn, M -least,- a« : iu.t* -it I'M- lW ain^ ll * of 1,0 <"> _ icSUng cpHlii , , . ' ' The.y began., at th.e ;i »Wnu>m of the - : stout: little "sliip JcaViiiß LyttcUon, Jen 'Zcafaiid'i and a.' checmtfg-'-cr.ow.d-.oh- ths . ' wharf-i -aivd a -oheSr-ink ship's; -.cpnVpany .i.n-. 1 this f;iL'gi'ng:. That, is .a.ll.'.yoii get .of i crowds? 'Ac tt* is the ; P f t\ie I'o.iar seaS. Rut you. are--first .giyen- <V. glimpso of life on. -boaTd,; .ind ,y.pu Sec--SBniorhiw of Hie- lfi -Siberian :ppnies and f'jio 29 Eskimo dogs 'Caplain K.cptt i> rel.jv -.in" lippn so. niiicltlor his sa.fetj a.hd sijt. ees , ? Tiieii,- with a sud.d.P.u traiisfpniia:. lion you arc ainoiig -the :ice, ,in.d :J floati'iV?' ice, Ireayirig- and rol.Uii'R* R™t Jjjo.c.ksV'pf ii, with. tliif> sjiar-p- p'rov,- of tlie'-. iittlb .ship cutting into it and tfissing. i.t; .from its ivfly. until, liSayipr .and irtiiviov,, 'it resists the onset of the vessel-, and' .fiV nal'iv I"s* i'P 'I- ,, "'- 1 fl "- fn - s - °" a ' w-.h-ite- iihil solid .'[jlaiii- flvat is .i\o lapre: A-iid you watch flre.-erfew b»t itpo.iv .it, ■ cv'tt'u". ifc i»:to 'StishlJ blocks fliat will' i"'* , - scni'lv bo the. ship's, \va.ter s.iipply; 'bjif-: ■preseiitlj; you .have ni.ov.ed' oil. aiid the Tp.i'Va Nova is Jloatiiig .rai a o.aini sfei tHivii'j.'tjs Ihp. Great, pairier, '.riv.oTO ..is n ■ oil (hft pictifres now lljdfc'.iivigllf be niopiilWhti but fe nially ihe iigjit Of the l'lidjiiglit sun; wlifch yoii fee an.ioi.ig- ih:S. elpids. Biit p'resehtiy. yoii lia.vo reached ■t-liL> Orcal , ya'Wicr, :and tavcr-iiig cliirs -oil ■ 'ce gl'iflß pivst W;* »l>il' "i- fi sfi'ics. bi' fplpndi'il scenes, Thgn, ywii coiilp « Caps? Evaiis, vim?: tl.ie Sir-it -c.anip- was- fiinl. null yoii see the.'J'eri-a. iStfv;l inbo.'re.d hard oh to the itfej and' yqn initch tl.m pojifijs' di-enibarkeUi and , yoii -seo 'liosy tj'tey relish, (■lie first change- tljey hnv.<s-had ftora tiiei'r I iuatters aboard siiico they j.oine'd t'lse , -c'xn*ifi.tio'ii. For the rest, you -see many things-lit Cap? pe:njiinis l bv't'l'.o scone, life, at -11m e:an:vp, the iariiiri .iii"- o.f siip.'piiW, tlih -slr-ango aiid Ijcimttfirl JTiij'rrt life ol' fy b I' ! »ccy and ot'ljev things. Thw ii'rst srtiiK o£ -pjpliirdg ciids at Cape : Evans. Then- <rte btlicr e.e.ric.s -nf eti.ual. Msrost to follow-.