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LIDCHEN
1981
Oct. 3 cont.
is close to two spectacular ski jumps. Had
lunch in chefes of two restaurants in the mountain
chalet. Return to Zoology Institute to continue
talking & working on modeling M. calif. cycles. At
about 19:00 we go out & went to Restaurant called
Pinnack's for dinner. Returned to room ~ 22:00
to start checking my notes again. [illegible]
Nils thinks that the average annual salary in Norway
is about 8000 kr. I did not meet Nils colleague Eivind
Ostbye because he is spending a week away in Poland
(today). The new appointee in the related position
of Professor of Ecology & Morphology at the University of
Helsinki is Olli Järvinen.
Oct. 4
Nils met me at 08:30 & we drove to the airport. Still
darkened. Some heavy rain overnight. We had breakfast at
the airport. SAS flight left at 09:55 (scheduled departure
at 09:50). Arrived København at 10:50. Around
the airport in København noticed Black-backed Gull
& Common (= Mew) Gull. SAS flight to Seattle took
off at 12:07 (scheduled departure at 11:50). Flying time
9 hrs & 25 min, with 8 hr. time change. At 15:10 we
were crossing the E. coast of Greenland. Went over Great
Slave Lake & on into Seattle at 13:25. Customs & 2nd
clearance. United flight to S.F. on schedule. Arrived left
16:00 & arrived ~ 17:45.