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T. Cade
1958
General Account
20 July - Weather mostly overcast, still and cool
compared to previous days. Mosquitoes
appear to be developing in numbers somewhat.
21 July - Unmiat - Waited around all day for news
about when Bobby Fischer would fly
up from Barrow to take us up the
river. There were several changes of plane,
but he finally arrived late in the
evening around 2330. We made preparations
to leave at once.
Earlier in the afternoon, Idal, Chester
and I went out berry-picking. We each
picked a 5 lb coffee can full in about
an hour - salmon berries. Have never
seen such a year for them. About 80%
of the blueberries are also ripe now. This
berry crop will go almost completely to waste
as far as ptarmigan are concerned because
there simply are no birds around to
utilize the berries.
2 July - Unmiat to Colville River above mouth Colunnu-
guik. - Harold Griffin and I took off from
Unmiat with Bobby Fischer at 0105, flying
in ARL's new float plane. At 0136 we
saw a caribou, at 0137 we saw a
moose, and we landed on the Colville at