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41,
LG63
Journal
9 Aug
traps, Glenn Stanley came along to collect grass
samples. We left about 1500. On the trip, we
saw 2 red foxes near the ocean beach about half
way down and many small groups of caribou after
gossey Lizc.
9 Aug.
Wainwright, Alaska
Arrived at Wainwright about 1600. Hank & I carried
the traps out while Glenn was sampling. It took about
1½ hours to set the 4 lines and walk back in. A
25 knot wind, cold + occasional snow flurries kept
a person awake. We had dinner there and saw a
[illegible] before returning about 2030. It's very wet
over this area. Most troughs are filled with water
but lemming sign looked good. The forage is very lush.
It took 40 minutes to get back off due to a strong west
wind.
10 Aug
Barrow, Alaska
I started the colony alone because Holland was helping
Rex Pieper clip grass. Steve came in about 1500 to
help. We spent the entire day on the colony quitting about
1700. Our procedures are set pretty well for the
[illegible] experiment.
11 Aug
Barrow, Alaska
Colony work was finished easily due to no weighing &
animals, the easy handling of the food and the reduced
number of animals that need to be handled. The R4D
went after Bill Maher taking along Rex Pieper,