Alaska field journal and species accounts, v4466
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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