Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-18
Tibetons and Eskimos
Believed to Be Related
Both Races Appear of
Busic MoneoIoid Stock
By Themes R. Henry

The possibility Of some ancient con.
nection between TibetanS and ESkimos.
now separated by q gap several thou
sand miles wide, is seen by Prince Peter
Of Denmark, veteran explorer of the
high HimalayaS, who has obtained
complete physical measurements Of
more than 1000 Inhabitants Of the
secret land.
Physical appearance of the two races
is quite similar. he points out In q
report Of his latest findings. Both are
unquestionably of quite basic Mongo-
loid stock, unaffected by much inter-
mixture of other blood. Both have
chosen for their homes the worlds
most inhoSpitable regions where they
have prospered for millennia.
1.-THE connection is well illustrated"
he reports, "by a Tibetan lama to
whom we showed picture Of an
Eskimo woman with her three chill
dren. He exclaimed: They are kam-
pa-drok-paS!' eastern Tibetan no.
madS.)
Forbidden Land.
Tibet has remained q forbidden land
to foreigners. even after the partial
relaxation of regulations during the
war; While the country now supposedly
is behind the Iron Curtain, it still
probably would be very difficult even
for Russians or Chinese Communists
to visit the capital city, Lhasa. The
Danish explorer depends largely on
TibetanS registering at frontier police
stations for his measurements.
He is making what is probably the
most intensive study yet made Of Tibe-
tan ways of life, especially the peculiar
family relationships. The Tibetan
family Is polyandrous-that Is. q wom-
an has several husbands. A wife Is
common to father and son. The poly
androus family also has been reported
among the Eskimos where brothers may
share one wife.
Prince Peter is making as complete
a collection as possible Of Tibetan
literature and is attempting to obtain
correct names of the leading artSto.
cratic families in order to unravel the
complicated family relationships.
Arctic seas are alive.
The great abundance and variety Of
organisms from microscopic plants to
whales. in the waters washing the
northern coasts Of this continent will
be studied this summer by 20 expedl.
lions under auspices of the Arctic In.
stitute of North America and the
Office of Naval Research.
These waters are ice-covered large
part of each year. Still the organisms
thrive in the darkness under the ice.
The basis of life here, as in all seas.
is the phytoplankton, mostly micro
scopic water plants, and special studies
will be made of their cycles of album
dance in the Arctic Ocean. Ice itself
may play an important part in this.
since there is evidence that melting
ice contains more organic matter
which can be used for food than open
sea water.
Jennings to Be Studied
Further studies will be carried out
during the summer, according to an
Arctic Institute announcement. on the
curious cycles of the Jennings. the
mouselike animals which increase in
abundance for an indefinite period
until a critical point is reached-after
to the rivers and the sea. Another
problem to be studied is whether
there is a practicable change in size
of species with progress northward.
This may have an important bearing
on current evolutionary theories.
Most of the scientists to whom
grants have been made will work out
of the Arctic laboratory at Point
Barrow, Alaska. set up by the once
of Naval Research. Others, however.
will work independently on the North.
east coast of little-explored Bafnn land.
largest of the Canadian Arctic islands.
and in the waters around Labrador.
where there are important fisheries
problems, the solution Of which depends
on better understanding Of the marine
microbiology.