ADVENTURE

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 153, 24 March 1920, Page 8

ADVENTURE

SHACKLETON IN THE SOUTH.

A notable film telling tlio story of Sir Ernest Shnckleton's'last Antarctic Expedition was screened privately at the 'King's Theatre yesterday. Tlio pictured were taken by Mr. Frank Hurley, tlio photographer of the expedition, and-they depict most vividly sonic of the aclventur?s that befell the explorers in the frozen south during 1915 uiuHOlG. bir Ernest Sliackleton's ship, tlio Endurance, entered the Weddell Sea at the Degmnine of 1915. and tried to force a passaee Hiroueh Uic 'ice-floes to tlio unexplored coast of the Antarctic continent, ■ where a-.party was to bo landed in preparation for mi overland journey to.the Ross- Sea via the South JJole. Theship was oaiuht-.in.tho ice. and.after drifting for many, months, was crushed by the , iloes. Sir.." Ernest Shackloton and 23 men were Jeff.on the drifting: ice, with 'sledges, doss, threo small ooius, r.nu.-a 'scanty store of provisions, lhe thrill- [ ins storv of ; their (journey, to Elephant -Island, theirleader's wonderful boat yoyace to South Georgia, and the eventual rescue of-the. whole party is tod jn • Sir Ernest Shackleion's nscwiUy-publieh-ed-book. "South." ' . . ■ The motion pictures shown ywteniny show the departure of the .End" from Britain, the voyage soutJuvatd tho efforts.to'force a passage through th.i icedoes the straneo surroundings of the pary after the ship had, been gripped, and the eventual struct on of the En.durance bv the grinding floes. A kino ' matosraph' record of tho -.later .taps of the esuedition was-not'possibly but tv number of'still photographs illustrate th. 'Xntures of tho party up to the tuns of the™ rescue. Some films of erfraornarv interest ..show the wo-lione, seals, , nd " n ..ins of the. Autarch* m their natural surroundings. The close-ups o pen-nuns at work and at pay ars probably the most interesting «nd ontortaminfnatural history .picture, over 6l S'Picture'will-te' screened. at the Kind's Theatre on-FriAjy, ■ Dunwc -ft. s-crening Captain •.Hurley's, own story W the expedition will bo given by Ma George Deiin.