Alaska field journal and species accounts, v4466
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Journal July 14, (cont.) 38° & 39°, by putting these in an environmental temperature condition which would be colder, especially at night, and seeing if the weight increases. Dave noticed that the weight spurts at the beginning of the summer were coincidental with the fact that the temperature in the colony was undergoing great changes in temperature. Now, the temperature has been controlled to 55° F., ±5°, and the weights have leveled off. New animals arriving do not seem to take a large weight spurt as the beginning animals did. Significance? The six animals will be put on the "back porch" of airology and the back door left open. Bill Maher will not have his equipment here as he is going away on a plane trip for a week or so to Berkeley. About 13:00, Dave invited me along with Schultz, Preiper, Japp, Hines & Delwitz, to go to the Point looking for Eskimo artifacts, duck hunting, and in some instances, a look at the vegetation. Hines & Muller got off at the "Duck Camp" and the five of us continued on. Schultz & Delwitz found a few interesting items. I wandered down the shelf of land running east from the Point. I came across a Brant in the ocean but couldn't entice it in closer. Barnal flocks & Aldaquans were around and I did see a deal bobbing up and down, but it dived completely when I tried to get a little closer. Drifts of fog sauntered across the Point several times. When I got back to the Point proper I noticed a loon-like bird flying within shooting range. The