Antartica field notes, v1468
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Hale 1960 Journal Nov. 1 a rock to dry skins on over the stove. Then began skinning an Emperor penguin. Don Douglas did m 2 of those we corralled the yesterday evening. Keith wins checked them for live. The skinning took all afternoon & evening with an hour or so out to write letters & let the blood in the carcass clot. Callin Bailey skinned one bird & I the other. Nov. 2 Hallett Station, Antarctica. Wrote up above notes & walked over to Stenay. Spent 2 hours there & catched a ride back at 12 with Gordon Cartwright and Charles Trainor. After lunch cleaned the 2 penguin skins & salted them. This took the bulk of the afternoon. After supper put up the penguin skins I picked up yesterday. A little too dehydrated but it made a fair skin. Nov. 3 Hallett Station, Antarctica. Spent morning writing letters and other rds & ends. In afternoon watched from hillside in Stenay from 1:30 to 5. After supper helped Keith were re erect the net frames also circled over to Stenay to pick up my camera which I had left