Childs 1955 lemmings 7. Aug.6 Point Barrow, Alaska With the setting of transects 114/12 we had our attention focused on a remarkable population phenomenon for rodents. In the area south of the Voth polygons we found lemmings to be extremely abundant in an area that was under water a month ago. The vegetate consists of Carex along the edge and Arctophila in the very wet spots along the axis of the drainage. This reads 6-10" in height and is very dense, allowing the development of typical meadow runways. In the time this habitat has been available the runways have been built to maintained as well as those at the Meade a month ago. In T12 we got 27 animals, half of which were classified as adults. It would seem that the lemmings in the surrounding areas have moved in as soon as the habitat became dry enough for them, allowing their utilization of the forage produced while it was still under snow. The same situation has been noted in other areas in places where