Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-05

Of the. Arctic night by Borup and
others. Photographs we're also shown
of some of the feathered deniZens OF
| the great North, few of them IA
| miliar to the eye of Maine sportsmen
and others of rare and beautiful
species. unknown outside of the re-
gions OF ice.
The audience was given a glimpse
| OF the little Roosevelt with icebergs
towering on either hand and her nose
poked into the sea of ice as she smash
| ed her way through the frozen straits
ever towards the North. Again the
Roosevelt is seen in winter quarters
and a confused heap of boxes and bales
| is noticed upon the snow covered
| beach, where the stores were landed
| at once upon the Roosevelt's arrival
so that if she were crushed in the ice
| the expedition might still be carried on
with success
The pictures and description of the
pathway through the wilderness of ice
followed The audience saw the ex-
plorer's assistants as they toiled over
| the frozen sea with the sledges trans
porting stores to the base at Cape Co
lumbia from which the expedition set
out. The pictures took the audience
over many miles of ice, with now and
then huge ridges where the ice cakes
had been piled up in irregular hills by
the pressure of the surrounding foe.
The terrors and difficulties of the toll
some journeys of the sledging parties
We're shown
The photographs of the Esqumau
hnrnpc bn fp11 RI tho r,n1o
were shown. then more pictures of the
faithful dogs, and the sledges, the de-
velopment of % years of Arctic eXpe-
rience. Then the spectators began with
the intrepid explorer the dash for the
pole. The stereopticon took the au-
1ience will, him, now toling over the
hummoclls, now climbing the noun
| tains of crystal and occasionally paus-
ing irresolutely upon the verge of the
leads, or places where the ice foe had
| been split in twain, and the cold blue
| waters of the Arctic ocean threaten
ed the termination of this remarkable
journey.
The spectators held their breath as
they saw the sledges lowered over the
ice hummocks and loaded upon the
| ferries made of giant ice cakes and
once more set upon their way, still
heading towards the far northern
goal. The picture of Marvin appeared
| taking an observation with the tenn
perature so degrees below zero, shell
| tered by stone wall, and the au-
dience involuntarily shivered. The
| scenery did not vary, but showed ice
| ever the same, eternal and on every
SIla tho nathWav talypn NV tho "
plorers leading where it would seem
| almost impossible for men or dogs tC
go, to say nothing of the laden sledges
A peep was given at the snow igloos OF
| houses built for shelter, showing the
alcohol stoves in which tea is made
and the spectators finally stood with
| Capt. Bartlett at the SSth parable
from which Peary went on alone.
Very realistic were these pictures
and they described as nothing else
could this wonderful journey from the
| Ssth parallel on to the pole. The Els
quimaux with backs bent, strain anC
push upon the laden sledges, the trai
lead on across a smoother sea but in.
to regions where human foot has never
| before trod. The audience at last stood
at SO degrees 81 minutes, north lati-
tude, within three miles of the pole
itself and 4 little flag is seen waving
from the top of an ice hummock with
sledges and iglooS scattered about
The pictures alone at this point are
sufficient to awaken an unbounded en-
thusiasrn and the audience actually
feels the thrill of the great conquest
tPeary himself naively remarked: 81
have often been asked how 1 felt when
I stood there at the apex of the earth
I had no feeling. My anxiety and the
strain of the long journey was toe
great for any exuberance of feeling.
had made good and appreciated the
fact, but there remained ahead of lis
the return journey of 400 miles"
The spectators take their last
glimpse of the North pole with the
Stars and Stripes waving from the tor
of the icy peak and begin the return
trip. Every glimpse of an open lead
which may mean isolation, the cut
ting off from friends and home, starva-
ton and death, sends a thrill through
the spectators and when the picture is
shown with the snow igloos of the
EsGuimaux upon the shore of Cape Co
lumbia, the audience once more bursts
forth into applause, relieved and as
delighted with the safety of the in
trepid explorers as were the Esqui-
mauX themselves.
The big audience in City hall Tues
day night certainly enjoyed greatly
the taking of this journey through the
polar sea with Commander Peary and
his brief but pointed explanation OF
each view was DELIGHTFUL experience
and one which none of those present
will soon forget.