The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-19
hNT4RCTIc PICTURES.

Nearly everything that is known Of the Ant
Rrtir regions was discovered before the days
o. pho'or-n ana lantern slides. All tho ric-
turcs IN hooks on South Polar research have
lccu made from drawings. unh wcrN much in
feriOr n vividn"ss and accuracy to the products
~ tho camera which ia now An essential Part ~
the oluirmcnt Of every explorer IL was, there
for". unilnc AMI cii'yinc cn'ertainmen t that
the audience a. the American Geographical So
cIetv cniovad on 'nSt Mondlv night when DR. 4.
4. Cook o the Itel:ica exre hilton showed about
one hundred and n''y very beautiful photo
graphs ~ the lands and waters far south OF
South Arer'c'. where his PARTY recently spent
u yca- and ahaf The views that were thrown
on Tho screen. with tho explanations az tho
lecturer. douh''"ss gave 10 the audience better
idca NJ Oh "R"t"ristir trtarci c scenes han they
would lie allie I" d"riv" from the perusal ~ all
the limited literature devoted to that region.
Some surrrisrs were in store for those who
had preconccr'ions as 10 the character o, the
scenes 10 be presented IN them Many OF
the !ceherGs. 'or example, differed widely
from the South Polar berg as II has
been pctorially represented. The most i'm
rressive icchergs have always been described
rs enormous da'-toppod. tabular masses an
rar"ntlv part o. the fiat ice cap Of large lands
that had been pushed over the edge into tho
sea, Some huge specimens or this 'yplcnl ice
form appeared on the screen and some al tn.
perpendicular Ice walls Of great height on lani
edges fronting the s"a suggested how these
10 hcrCs NAV have originated. But many Of
the iceherGs were a. tho distinctly Arctic tyne
and some that had not been greatly wasted
were almost perfect cones They appeared to
he glacial products from the smaller lands
which the BelGca visited. and had no relation
In respect Of the place and manner OF their
origin TO the tabular Toe masses from the lar
ger lands further south.
Enthusiastic mountain climbers who no
longer mad any novelty In the Ans nor even
in the Caucasus or the Rockies and Selkirks Of
our own continent may ind new fields for the
exercise a. their skill and energy In the rugged
snow-cHd mountains few days travel south
o' Cape Horn. which these pictures show to 10
steep and drirult enough to tcSt the powers OF
the hes, SWISS guide, They suggest III noun
tnins ~ Srtsh'r Sen. among which Sir Martin
CONWAY has been clamhernG, though they arc
mort h"rr s"mmts and n fs"t. % an m tSs
prectpI'ous sides whsrs snow can Nm, no loig-
Another Interesting phase Of polar, Phsnom-
ena which the pictures clearly reveal Il every
the ice them ,hs noe" o" ,Ssr sne "rm. n,ss
by thetr"ez'nR together Of the pans, and finally,
n" sold n,ck, Which Is largely The result 4
tGthe st.iHnt,Hi lee. and, scsorIIns t'tH. Rrit.
dicd IN" more one finds 10 learn about e."
The long polar night, dark ns II usually Ia,
some Of pr Cooks most beautiful ric'ures
were taken on tho sea zoe when the giit'orln9
white AIDES ~ the iceberg were hathei ia
OF the "xhih'tion was the colonies 81 psnguIps
TINT were seen not only on land, hui on the
frozen sen, far from the nearest shore, Many
OF he pictures tell 40 much about these ps-
cu'inr d"nisena Of the Antarctic that won's
were hardly naeded to Impress the audience
with the fact that they are gr-garious, unsus-
picioua, fearless. and even inclined 10 cultivate
social relations with their human visitorA