New York to the North Pole was a meritorious exhibition west of the Palace of Transportation and south of Hale's Fire-fighters. The scene opened with the familiar North River front of New York City, real water lapped the wharves. Boats moved back and forth, and the "Discoverer" was at her mooring. As the sun set, the lights of the city appeared. Darkness succeeds, then the morning light came, and the ship slipped to the foreground to go out with the tide, and the city receded. While the spectators followed the fortunes of the ship, which occupied the center of the stage. The Battery and Castle Garden disappeared from view as the ship began her voyage; East River was seen, spanned by the Brooklyn Bridge; Governor's Island was sighted and passed; Long Island was left in the distance, and the ship was out in the open sea, all alone except for an occasional coast wise schooner. As the North approached, icebergs imprison the lonely ship, and the northern lights appeared with fine effect. The dash for the pole was made, the farthest possible point was attained, and from a pinnacle of ice the Stars and Strips were flung forth.
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