The Evening critic., 1884-09-09
ARCTIC SCENES,
AS Photographed by Ensign Harlow
of the Greedy Party.

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Commodore sohey has just received from
the flnishers the collection Of photographs
taken by Ensign Harlow of the Greedy re.
lief expedition, during the progress Of that
memorable. voyage. The photographs were
taken under q combination of unfavorable
circumstances, darkness, wind, storm and
motion that would have seemed insur-
mountablo obstacles to success, but did not
so prove, as many Of the pictures are artis-
tic gems apart from their historic and sci.
entifc interest.
The collection is very complete and i'm.
pressive, showing far more wildly than
any verbal description the incidents and
accidents, the humors and horrors OF the
expedition.
From the FIRST, showing the three staunch
vessels before their departure, to the last,
exhibiting the officers and crew of the The.
It's grouped on the quarterback with the
survivors who had been rescued occupying
seats before them, each contains some
special interest and each awakens new
line of thought.
Whenever a picturesque iceberg was
sighted; whenever an unusual foe or lead
was struck whenever severe nip" was
sustained, 1t was the first duty of the en-
terprising Photographer to obtain an accur.
ate picture.
The crossing of Melville Bay, the strange
ice formations, tho desolate cairns and
caches, the strange forms of animal and
vegetable life, the striking effects of water,
ice and atmosphere, are all faithfully de-
picted
Some Of the pictures represent tho Thetis
and Bear with the attendant whalers
frozen solid in the ice, where even the tor
podoes failed to force lead and the only
expedient was to wait for wind and storm
to shift the ice and once more render adj
vance possible Others represent the swift
passage in the face of furious gales, the
cutting and pushing through the Ice, or the
rare interval of uninterrupted progress
through the open water.
Tho degraded looking Eskimos, the pet
pup seal, the Arctic garments aud relics
afford tho topic for other pictures, while
perhaps the most interesting of the collec-
ton, although indistinct and unsatisfac-
tory, owing to the many obstacles encoun-
tered, is the scene at the moment of rescue
The dreary, desolate, ice-bound coast, the
blank prospect beyond to the northward
In the foreground a small detachment of
the relief party have reached the central
feature of the scene, tumble-down and
decaying tent.
lney nhNe rhlseu inc CanVaS IOr mo-
ment, and pausing second while the pho
tographic camera does its work, the fright
full scene is disclosed, the two dying men
under the flap Of the tent and there Is a
| peep at those within. The faces cannot be
seen, the emaciated forms are partly hid
den. The forms cannot be seen clearly
enough TO be counted, but an idea can be
| gained of the horrors which the scene pre-
sented. The little camp of starving men,
the ledge Of ice that hid their dead from
view, and the feverish excitement of the
rescuers. These can be seen clearly, AMI
are enough to tell the story. The very in-
distinctness of the picture adds to its sig
nifcance. 1t tells Of the darkness and the
fury of the storm it tells that there was
but second to lose in the noble work Of
rescuing the dying.