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July 23. Everyone up early
because barge had arrived
To pick up cargo for Barrow
and to deliver gasoline for
this camp. On Brevikie landing,
Dorothy and I were finally able
to borrow a vessel - although
there are 6 or 7 around, only
a couple of them work well. Went
up Ogotornk Creek about 5
miles, then left up a creek
coming in from the north
over the tundra on an old
wrecked trail. Always to the
Kaltipute River - to which I had
hoped to get but thought it'd
was too far because of our late
start, but 2 saw from the plane
the next day that we were only
a mile or two away and that
the cut banks we could on