P. F. DeBenedictis 1960c Journal Meecle River Coral Mine, 157°25' W, 70°27' N, Alt 16 August The rotten weather continues. There was a quarter inch of snow on the ground at 6 A.M., raised and sunned all morning & early after noon, but warm enough so it doesn't stick. Don't feel it will be much good to go out. Spent about an hour scooping up all the old dead mosquitoes from earlier in the summer for Steve. The late afternoon was broken rain, but every time I went out my glasses fogged up so bad I couldn't see where I was going. I managed to work up the Viggie creek to the big lake, then tuck to CO2 and into camp without getting to wet. There were a few lone longspurs, and 2 pectorals + 1 immature, in a muddy spot by the first lake and one pectoral on the marsh around the drained lake basin by CO2. In the evening Anita Meller, and I headed to meet callers looking at ice formations. To hell it's so bleak. A good sized (25 mile) flock of Gangapins in the village. A Long-Tail Jaeger spent most of the day in camp. 17 August. Phil got in about 1:30 PM from Furbie. The afternoon had and it snowed a little again but by noon it was almost pleasant eough to go out so I went to