Code 1957 General Account 5 June conspicuous was the gradual change in the vegetation and micro-topography as we proceeded inland. The low micro-relief of the Barrow area with its extensive Carex and Dupontia beds and lack of conspicuous trees, and low shrubs begins to give way about 10 miles out to a gradual infiltration of Ericophorum tufts and woody plants such as willows and various "heaths", so that within 5 miles of the Barrow and from there on, one traverses a terrain that is essentially an Ericophorum-heath- dwarf shrub complex with conspicuous trees. Along the framer most of the ground is high cut polygo type except right next to the river. From 10 miles out of Barrow on, then, ground cover is quite good for lemmings. We saw no owls on the trip and only a few scattered jaygers (see Maker's notes for details). But as we approached the Barrow lemming range became more and more common. A Douglas saw one lemming about 5 miles from the River, we saw two more and caught one more along the river, and coming back we caught one more about 10 miles S. of Barrow. Along the framer the fresh sign - new scrap, droppings (quen) tunnels in