Reaver 1967 Alaska Journal 58 25 July (cont.) in for lunch. we did transects in the afternoon also. This cold is about to put us both out. I slept about 3 hours this afternoon and went to bed early also. 26 July Really feel bad today. Did transects all day. weather clear and warm. windy all day long. AM transects were over by Elson Lagoon. I saw two arctic foxes there (see pp. accounts) Steve and I finished pretty close this time. on the return to the vessel, we found a recently dead king eider which we picked up for a study & bin. This afternoon will be the last transects. only 3 left to do and they are all in central marsh. Steve, Tom, and I left for central marsh at 1330. Tom collected birds while Steve and I ran the transects. We returned to the vessel at 1530 and took 16 coal samples. I feel like I'm ready to collapse. This has been a bad cold so far. We returned to the lab at 1630. I went to bed early, 27 July It's raining this AM and cold. Steve and I prepared to take vacuum samples and change the study boards. We have a new set of boards to put out this time. The old ones are all stuck up with cow shit.