Alaska Catalogue and Journal, v4402
Page 351
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Cade 1958 Beever Account 18 June 1654 - back to mainland from Cooper Island 1657 - 1 glaucous gull 1658 - 1 black parasitic jaeger 1700 - 1 snowy owl Ground for the past 10 minutes has the appearance of heavy grooming - everything outdoors in low areas and dried lemming runways are very conspicuous. 1706 - whistler nest of lemming 1709 - 1 glaucous gull 1710 - ran into heavy fog - no feather observations possible. 1720 - on ground at Barrow. Total observation time = 3 hours x 60 miles = 180 miles. Summary of observations Snowy Owls = 25 Willow Ptarmigan = 4 Parasitic Jaeger = 1 Pomarine Jaeger = 5 Glaucous Gull = 18 Whistling Swans = 3 Caribou = 14 Arctic Fox = 1 19 June Barrow, Alaska Spent the morning getting my clothing issue and gear, talking to Max Beever about the program for the summer, and counting