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I. Case
1957
General Account
3 June - cont
for riders. We saw a few small flocks and
one small group of old squaws.
4 June
Flew in a Cessna 140 with Brewer and Maker
to Wainwright and Back to Barrow in
the afternoon. We left Barrow at 3 p.m. and
traveled at 700-500 feet altitude and ca. 6-10
miles inland. Visibility was good. We saw
a few jaegers (see Maker's notes for details)
and one Snowy Owl just before we landed
at Wainwright. Also a good number of water-
leel of various sorts. The tundra was ca.
60% bare of snow.
Arrived at Wainwright ca. 1600 and there
we met Mr. and Mrs. Crawford, the school
teachers. We made arrangements with Mr.
Crawford to receive lemmings for us from
the Eskimo Kids at 50ยข a piece. After some
further talk, Maker and I went out onto
the tundra adjacent to the village. Most
of the ground we covered was high-center
polygon type. Fresh lemming signs was
common everywhere, and the look of the
ground due to the presence of lemmings was
in marked contrast to the ground conditions
at Barrow. It was most gratifying to see some
fresh sign and to be reassured there by that