Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-06-02
RASMUSSEN SOLVES
MOST IMPORTANT
PROBLEM
Work Of Daring Dane In Ice
bound Northern Wastes OF
Great Service to GeOgraphi.
cal World.

| (AsEBrinied preHe Correspondence
| Copenhagen Denmark. May H.
by his discovery that the sO-called
PeaFy channel ut the northern end
OF Greenland does not exist, Knud
Raemuaaen, the young Danish explor-
or. has solved problem Of great ina
pOrtance to the geographical world.
Beside THIS, the explorer and his COM
paniOns mapped the region connect
ing Greenland with Perry Land, and
made fresh discoveries Of land which
they baptized Christian X. Land.
Additional details have been re-
celved here OF the brilliant feats OF
! the Danish expedition which has Just
terminated a scientific task that has
attracted many explorers since Man
sen. BY crosslng the lcenelds Of the
Interior OF Greenland. proving that
only unusual endurance and hardi-
mes we're required for snccessfui ex-
ploratlon In those regionB.
Knud Rasmussen started on his ex-
pedltlon on July 10. 1919, when he
embarked with his companions 0n the
schooner Motor and sailed from
copenhagen 20 the Melville coast Ia
northwestern Greenland.
Rasmussen was peculiarly well it-
ted for the task he had undertaken.
lie II a native OF Greenland. having
been born al Jacobs HORROR IN 1879.
His father was Danish clergyman.
who was thoroughly acquainted with
a number 81 Eskimo dialects. and his
mother was a re-blooded Eakimo
Knud himself spoke Eskimo from his
infancy and later studied the Ian
guage phiiolQgieally ~ that he knows
IL at the present day perhaps better
than any other person.
Knud Rasmussen has been through
out his life Intensely Interested IA ex-
ploration. and as youth undertook
voyages In scandinavia. the Farce
islands and Iceland. all the time
making scientific observations.
when this expedition reached the
Greenland coast the explorer eBtab-
iished "a station there for the benefit
Of the scattered Eskimo population.
| The expedition was equipped with
sufficient provisions 20 last six years
and Il was part Of Rasmussen's plan
10 establish n commercial depot near
Cape York. on the northern side Of
Melville bay. where there n q com
paratively numerous tribe OF Polar
Eskimos. who hitherto had been vir-
tualiy out Of communication with the
Icivliized world This was TO be under
1.-THE auspices Of the Danish royal COM
mlttee for the privileged commerce
of Greenland.
According 10 the telegrams received
from Thorshaven Ia the Farce Islands
Rasmussen not only succeeded In
carrying ont these plans. hut also the
second part OF his program, which
included the ethnogFaphicai and eth
biological exploration OF the practical
lly unknown regions 81 northern
Greenland Il was Rasmussen's In
tention W map Melville bay. 20 cross
the glaciers of the inland iceiields. 1,
explore the "Peary channel and ais,
. Crocker island. discovered 10y Pear,
In latitude So
(, Mr.. Freuchen. another Dane. wat
the principal companion OF Rasmus
Z sen In his explorations and on hi
great sledBe expedition across ia.
Greenland continent. sharing will
him In the honor of deciding chs
lquestion OF the existence OF th'
( "Peary channel"
When Peary made his discoveries
I
q during his voyages In lSsi-S2 anS
4 lS9S-s5. and when he explored In
e dependence bay. which stretched
/. from east to west. he was incliae'
o to believe that the bay continued
/ farther westward and terminated IL
e course IN the supposed "Peary chan
: mel" He baptized the final point o
= his attainment Navy elm East q
ia
"Academy," projected into the sound
I'll During his voyage of lS9s"l9O
q Peary reached the northern point o
Il Peary Land In latitude Sa.as, whicl
2 was the limit of Greenland proper
lie and most of the polar explorer
a who followed him believed Pear.
r. Land 90 be an island separated from
n the continent by Independence ba
r and "PeaTy channel"
a some doubt still existed as 20 this
= and other explorers made efforts 1
r. determine the facts, Mr.. Koch OF th
r Danish expedition, reached Cap
a Bridgman In 1907 following "a
n Peary's explorations. In the mean
!. time, however the Danes. Myhu
~ Erlchsen Hoefh Hagen and Brond
y iund had lost their lives In tryin
n To estab iish the existence or non
n existence OF the Peary channel
~ Einar Mikkelsen also tried to pens
, trate the region while he was search
!. ling for the dalries OF his head com
IA patriot, Myths Euchsen, bur had NJ
n sufficient time to attain his goal an
\ narrowly escaped death.
~ The news Of knud Rasmussen
- discovery has fettled once for all mi
much debated question,
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