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Show RASMUSSEN RETURNS. Greenland Expedition Proves Successful Success-ful According to Advices from Explorer. Copenhagen. A message from Thor-havn, Thor-havn, Faroe Islands, announces the Success of Knud Rasmussen'a Greenland Green-land expedition, which returned there Tuesday after a three years' absence- At I'eary land tbe Danish explorer found large numbers of seal and musk oxen, which provided ample supplies. Where the I'eary channel was supposed sup-posed to be he found a large tract of land free of ice. Game waa abundant In that section, ind the party baited for a month before be-fore starting on the return Journey over 600 miles, which waa covered at an average rate of thirty-one miles a day. Rasmusscn depended entirely on his esklmo outfit and took with him no tinned provisions. |