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Childs
1958
Vrous Moribilis
31 May Patmegea Cave, Cape Sabine Alaska
while working near camp, Pete spotted a
bear on the ice just this side of the cabin.
It was so light that he thought it was
a young Polar Bear. We got guns and
headed that way. The bear, however
was headed our way along the bluff
so all we had to do was wait in its
path. It came over a rise at about 100'
and saw us and stopped. Pete shot it in
the chest. It ran about 200' and died. It
was a male with the following measurements
1680-160-290-120. Its struggle was
amazed with grease of some kind
and in its stomach were found one
[illegible] oconum, a fish gill fillet,
and about 2 fistfuls of Caribou hair.
The bear had almost no subcutaneous
fat.
3 June Watched some Caribou or far mountain
spook and run to West Marsh. 10 mins
later a bear came over Owl Ridge headed
straight for the river. He turned and
went along T2 for a few yards and then
headed west in a hurry. We were
ready on the river bluff but no scent
on the trap line @ called him off!
[illegible] trap line could not find ten tracks