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T. Code
1959
General Account
29 May - cont -
sea birds, but we saw only a few
gulls or kittiwakes - probably too
early for the alcids and cormorants.
The made two passes by the cliffs for
photographs. Passed over the site
where the great A-blast is supposed
to create a harbour "to demonstrate
a peaceful use of atomic energy." Saw
no one on the ground there at the
moment.
1405 - passed over Pinalvina -
continued on down the coast a warp
and then cut inland to pass over
a low range of hills between the coast
and the Moatah valley - direct to
Platzelune. Stopped for gas and
lunch. Ate hamburgers at $1.05 a
piece at Platman's Stove - a bit of
midwestern Americana transplanted
to the exotic.
1625 - Left Platzelune to follow the
Moatah River upstream. I was
impressed by the large amount of deciduous
woods mixed in with the spruce - most of
the large trees appeared to be poplars
but there may have been some larch.
In the vicinity of Moatah Village the spruce