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Males
1960
Journal
Shrines in evening.
Nov.14 Cape Hallett, Antarctica.
Morning spent putting up one snow
petrel skin. I spent the morning in
dress in order to have a conference w
Bob Titus our scientific leader at the
station regarding our sleeping quarters.
It turned out that he was not up so
the conference did not come off until
after lunch. Following this I went to
the skway and watched for 2 hours. It
was quite cold + a stiff wind made it
uncomfortable so I left at 4 P.M. in
order to put up another petrel before
supper. Cut a third one up in the evening.
A fine impromptu beer party then,
developed in the bio-lab & I left at
2 A.M. or a little after so it was
breaking up.
Nov.15 Cape Hallett, Antarctica.
Up at 10 A.M. with a slight headache,
though even at that I was in
better shape than Keith une a Colli
Bailey both of whom I found it
necessary to go back to bed & sleep
in the afternoon. The wind was
blowing pretty hard a steady 20-4
25 mph with gusts to 40. I saw