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Journal
30 june lightly while checking traps & had set off a few traps. Nothing
was caught. After the snowie I checked the colony and retired.
1 July
Barrow, Alaska
Checked lines III A,B + IV A,B with Steve Logston
Quite a few were set off from the night's rain. No catch
The wind is blowing from the West. The ice pack won't
be bare much longer. Otelka left for Bering today &
helped Holland finish the weighing in the colony which took
us until about 1400. I put in a requisition for wood shavings
and then wrote notes on the colony. The paper for transferring my
salary to Schult's payroll came in the mail. After dinner,
Glenn Stanley & Steve Holland helped Logston & me collect traps
on lines III A,B & IV A,B. On IV A,B, a Phalorope &
Ostrich were taken.
2 July. Barrow, Alaska.
First job this morning was to pick up the wood shavings
I dried some more tablets of Schultz' special diet for the
experimental animal. Childs, Logston & I discussed
the rationing of responsibilities for summer's work. Returned
to colony to finish work. After lunch I finished the
gapery for Schultz except for the oath which needs a
Notary Public. Logston and I set lines XIII + XIV about
1600. It took longer to travel to the lines due to the
Wohlsehlag Slough being higher than usual. After the
snowie we set lines VII + VIII. Wrote notes and retired.
3 July. Barrow, Alaska
I planned on working in the colony all day, doing routine