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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