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Mable
1968
Journal
Nov. 5 some supervision.
Day was wery, still & overcast.
Nov. 6 Hallett Station, Cape Hallett, Antarctica.
Sunday. Walked out to the large mesa
the berg 1/4 mile off camp & photographed
a & Weddell Seal at calf. Took both movies
and still slides. After lunch walked one
Towards cape, took a few feet of pictures
of penguins arriving at the colony, &
picked up the partly eaten remains of
an adult penguin.
John Schenetti (?) arrived on the plane
& hi, pom Douglas, & Dick Littell (USARP
P10) walked about the nearby & the
sundry taking pictures.
Finished cleaning that penguin carcass
& read a bit in the late evening.
Nov. 7 Hallett Station, Cape Hallett, Antarctica. Monday.
Spent the latter part of the morning
in the Sundry after first writing up
notes & doing a few odd & ends. After
lunch returned to the Sundry & remained
until about 4:30 when I returned to
the lab.
After supper skinned out a penguin
and put the skin - made out - out to
be cleaned by the sones. By inspecting
it every little while I found out a few-