Hoemen, J. V. 1964--Aleutians 2 pr. swan as we fly low to Kodiak. See just tip end of Tustumena as we pass over it and e. of Seldovia and Barrens and Marmot. Waterfront pretty bare at Kodiak but the gull island looks same and King Crab Inc. still there I think. We cut across n. Kodiak then down its western side but clouds covered most of that area and the Alaska Peninsula as we continued along it. Finally a break as we descended and the coast of the N. side of the penin- sula a queer, flat volcanic outwash plain. In at Cold Bay where we are met by Bob Jones, squarely cut 5'10", triangular head, grayed blond hair thinnin_ on top, upper lip split on right. He excuses himself to escort a USC and GS man named Taggart onto plane for Adak where he'll be doing seismic work n earthquake research all summer. Of this man he later spoke in such glowing terms I wish I'd introduced myself as we stood smiling at each other in mutual interest. But Bob Jones is quite a personality himself and I felt growing interest in him as we jeeped to the quarters arranged for us, then to his new office in the attractive group of 4 refuge bldgs. atop hill overtaking Gay. Drizzly sort of day but our talk very interesting and soon Peter and Nancy McRy come in and they are even eager to take us out on Izembek so I check out the motors with Bob in 55 gal. drum and we load them, gas, etc. in Dodge 4 whl. pickup end drive to the plane they'll be staying (one of many old WWII half-buried quonsets) to get hipboots and wet weather gear for us, wetsuit for Peter. Then we get boat into water and soon Pete is piloting us through the channel of eel grass lagoon first to a small island where we see only Sav. spar. which Nancy seems to appreciate my recognition by note, but it's awfully hard not to be a fool when you're supposed to be an expert in someone else's