Childs 1955 Lemmers 11. Aug 23 Point Barrow, Alaska The snow fall of yesterday was of sufficient amount to fill in most depressions and to shift in most of the vegetation, as this is the first significant snow fall of the year it seemed wise to observe the conditions it brought about in some detail. Kosandat I went out to the Voth area, the area south where the enclosures are on the marsh, and gasoline ridge in the area of transects 142. In the high polygon area there was some good sized drifts on the S side, up to a foot in depth. On the windward side the ground was bare or one snow held behind small vegetation such as luana caprea. In this short time burrowing had begun and some rather well developed rayatens were found. There appears to be surface openings periodically along the burrows which is through the snow with an entrance and bottom. These appear to be mainly in runways already developed from Carex juncefolia. In one area the snow was