Scandinavian American. [volume], February 01, 1948, Page 8, Image 8

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Danes To Explore Central Asia
From Afghan line To Pacific
COPENHAGEN—The seldom
traveled vastness of Central Asia
— ~its Mongol origins, its Saurians,
its legends, and dialects—is again
beckoning to explorers.
Intending to investigate most of
these subjects, the Danish explor
er. Kenning Haslund-Christensen,
who hopes to set ,out on his third
expedition to Asia early in Octo
ber. will cover about 1,800 miles
from the Afghan border to the
Pacific.
Starting from Bombay, the ex
pedition will go to the Afghan
frontier and thence to southern
Tibet. There. it will divide into
two parts. an eastern section
which will make Peiping its head
quarters, and a western section
stationed in the west Himalaya
area. The expedition is expected
to last two years.
. In his small office, full of souve.
nirs of his previous} expeditions.
Mr. Haslund-Christensen told what
he hopes to do on this new
expedition.
Origins of Mongolia
“We wait to explor; that. part
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of the world where the last re
mains of the Saurians are to be
found." he said, "where the Mon
golian Empire was founded and
where even today we find ancient
nomadic culture.
“We shall gather legends and
songs We shall study the physical
formation of the country, the
flow, the fauna and the people
themselves. We shall live with the
nomads. study their habits. their
art and their applied art, and we
shall buy things We find interest
ing and of cultural value.
“Thus. we shall record the old
songs and hymns of these people
in order to preserve them for pos
terity. Here, in the museum. we
already have 800 records of Mom
golian_ songs—the biggest collec
tion in the world, I believe.”
Sources of Revenue
, Asked about the organization,
financing and equipment of the
expedition. Mr. England-Christen
sen said:
“The late King Christian x was
protector of this all-Danish ex
pedition. Apart from certain sums
we have received from Danes in
Sweden and Britain for the pur
chase of instruments not at pres
ent obtainable in Denmark, the ex
pedition is being financed by the
Danish State and the Carlsberg
Fund‘
“Our equipment includes in ad
dition to ordinary camp materials,
sound registering apparatus. cam
eras, and two jeeps to enable the
scientists to cross the plains quick
ly to compare results.
“The ornithologist must have
some sporting guns, but apart
from these we shall carry no other
weapons since these are apt to
lead to misunderstandings and to
1arouse suspicion.
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the nomads, we shall wear Euro
pean dress. We are taking some
food rich in vitamins. but, other
wise we shall live on the sheep,
milk and cheese which can be
bought from the nomads—a
friendly people when you know
how to treat them.
Camel and Horse Caravans
“We shall establish various de
pots. especially gasoline depots.
and contact between these will be
maintained by our camel and
horse caravans. Contact with the
outside world will be by mail only
and progress of the expedition
will be made known from time to
time by this means and by the
records we send home.”
Apart from Mr. Haslund-Ohris
tensen who is 50 years of age, all
the members of the expedition are
young men of an average age of
35.
The permanent staff of the ex
pedition includes Mr. Siiger. the
Danish religious historian, who in
tends to leave the main body of
the expedition in Afghanistan to
go direct to southern Tibet to live
in a monastery where he will
study the Lama religion for two
years; Mr. Edelberg, a Danish
botanist, and Dr. Paludan, the
ornithologist, Dr. Hendriksen, the
Danish philologist, and Mr. Koie.
a Danish botanist. will join the
expedition early in the new year.
Other Danish explorers such as
Prof. Kaare Gronback. the philol
ogist, will join the expedition for
shorter periods to carry out spe
cial work. .
Experiencg-gi Traveler
Mr. Haslund-Christensen is an
experienced traveler in the Far
East and speaks all the Mongolian
dialects.
As a young man he studied the
Mongolian, Chinese and Turkish
languages in Peiping and later
went to Urge. where he studied
the Lama religion in a monastery.
He took part in Sven Hedin's
expedition as chief of the ethno
logical department until. in 1936
and 1940. he led his own expedi
tions to western Manchuria and
eastern and southeastern Mon
golia. respectively. These expedi
tions are a continuation of the
work of the Danish Arctic ex
plorer. Knud Rasmussen, who, in
the thirties, traveled to Manchuria
via Siberie.
This third expedition. which he
is now preparing. will link the
territory which he explored on his
second expedition with that ex
plored by the Danish Professor
Olufsen, who, in 1895, traveled to
Pamir via Persia
The Norwegian Foreign Minis
ter. Halvard Lange. is reported
in the Danish press to consider
an invitation to the Swedish and
Danish Foreign Ministers, and
maybe also the Icelandic. to a
meeting at which Scandinavian
problems in connection with the
Marshall Plan would be discussed.
The question of s Scsndlnavian
tariff union may also be brought
up at that time.
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