Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-17
The Wind Blows
In AnaTCtiCa

lud idob hulSuoy O'Nhih6 "NAS ~
far the most interesting moving pic
lures ever seen in Ashland. The pic
lures were real works of art ant
were not taken under the comforta
BILE conditions of the moving picture
studio either. Film taken in $50
mile gale was clear as a great dea
of that which we usually see that il
taken on a clear day. DR.. W. A
Hunsberger, who accompanies the
film, told about it as it was being
shown.
The Mawson expedition was
financed by Australia, not to find the
South Pole, but to learn If such a
thing existed as an Antarctic conti-
nent and to make accurate observa-
tions as to its extent and find out
other things concerning it. They did
all these things, verifying the exist
ence of the continent and naming it
Antarctica, tracing a continental
shelf through 55 degrees, and explor-
ing as much of the country as posi-
BILE. They set up wireless station
on the point of land nearest to Aus
tralia and left crew of men there
so that they could communicate with
the world from where they worked.
In their exploration to the continen-
tai shelf they trolled for deep sea
animals and brought to the surface
some very queer organisms. The
pile OF animals was shown just as it
was dumped on the deck, and of all
the creepy things ever seen by man,
these we're the worst. In their island
explorations they found an almost
unlimited wealth of coal-enough to
supply the world apparently for
years. Other minerals, gold, iron,
etc, we're lOunu.
In the pictures were some Of the
most beautiful formations of ice.
Huge icebergs and ice cliffs towering
hundreds of feet above the water and
extending several times as far be-
meath it. One of the most interesting
of the pictures was that of an i'm
mense mushroom of ice resting on
low island. The terrific force of the
wind throws the water high over
these little islands and 1t freezes,
forming an exer thickening cake of
ice on the island, so that by the time
the water all freezes the ice is very
thick on them. Along in October or
when the water begins to
get warmer the ice melts away from
around the island, leaving a huge
mass of ice resting on tiny stem on
the top of the island. When Nature
has finished her work on it, it resem-
bles the famous Cabbage Rock that
you see on the postcards, Another
beautiful picture was wave of ice
made in the same manner as the
mushroom. There were pictures OF
ice caves and other queer ice forma-
tions, some of which when enlarged
we're put on exhibition as works of
art.
They have "some" wind down
here. A wind making 100 miles an
hour is a gentle zephyr. 1t has been
known to blow 216 miles per. 1t is
no wonder that 1t was hard for men
10 stand up when they went out OF
doors. They had a rather discourage
ng time of putting up a tent.
From their main base they went
IN sledging journeys in every direc-
ion. On one of these Sir Douglas
Nawson almost lost his life and two
,ther brave men did lose theirs on
me OF these journeys, Dogs were
ised mostly on these trips. The
main base was covered over with
about twenty feet of snow most of
he time.
The last reel of film was perhaps
he most educational of the pictures.
IN il were shown the animal life OF
he continent. The largest seal, the
yea elephant, and the largest bird,
he albatross, are natives Of Antar-
ti-ca. The former is very beautiful
animal, whose face is made up mostly
If nose. The latter is the same bird
which the Ancient Mariner shot
with his crossbow. It often measures
Twelve feet from the tip of one wing
10 the tip of the other. Many other
forms of bird life were shown, among
them the penguin, which DR.. Huns
berger said had the original Charley
Chaplin walk. There are millions of
these birds there-so many that from
a distance they look like pebbles on
the beach. He told all about the diff
ferent kinds of birds and their habits
as they were shown, making a very
and educational lecture.
Everyone who missed this big feature
has very good grounds to regret it,
as 1t was one of the best things to be
seen in long time.