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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