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Transcription
Code
1958
Lemmus trimucronatus
September Barrow - 1/4 mi S of gas well
While the LVT was being gotten
out of the ditch, I spent some 45
minutes looking over the ground
for fresh lemming signs. I walked
1060 paces slowly examining the
ground closely as I marked each
pace. About 3/4 of this distance was
walked in high cutto patterned
ground, much riddled with old
excavations, and the other 1/4 in wet
meadow of Cambrian terminology, with
some vole nests scattered about.
At each pace some old sign was
evident - lemming, voleway or shuffling
but I did not find a single fresh
shuffling or a recently used voleway or
leeway.
In talking with Bob Ferguske about
conditions last winter, I learned that
he saw lots of sign of lemming
activity around the Rec Station
after the tundra-ridge sequence in
October. This is in the area where
I found so many vole nests and
so much recent sign. He did say,
however, that in late December of
each January there was one period