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...under the other, disclosing the Ring as a part of the Stage with its Lake of Water, and its wonderful realistic setting of "THE ARCTIC" The title and material of this original Spectacle has been chosen on account of the great interest which current events have centred in these unknown and romantic regions. Enormous expense has been incurred, and no pains have been spared to obtain from actual Explorers, such descriptions of these icy solitudes as have enabled the Hippodrome Management to present a series of Pictures that will place the observer veritably in the midst of the endless expanse of snow and ice of the Paleocrystic Sea which surrounds the Pole. THE STORY Takes as its chief incident the result of the wreck of a Polar Explorer and his ship, when, during the absence of the hero, his friend declares his attachment to the girl, who in her romantic devotion to her lover has determined to brave the dangers of this terrible Expedition. The return of the hero, and the assistance of some friendly Esquimeaux, frustrated his wicked intentions but does not entirely relieve the situation. A fight ensues between the two men, and the intensity of horror is reached when the hero is thrown headlong into a crevasse among the icebergs. Again the friendly Esquimeaux intervene and the hero is saved, and the lovers make their escape on to the Ship, which we see stranded and battered upon an enormous ice floe... |
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