Alaska field notes, v4434
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Males 1959 Journal 70 miles in 1½ hours, [illegible] cutting + I recording then headed to beach E. Africa for the Walrus + Oqquh stranded there. These were reported by Tom Sovabile who found them yesterday. Took the boat down partway but the wind—still from NE + strong— forced us to leave it on a mud bank in the delta. Walked about 4 miles down beach. Found one dead Ringed Seal, a dead baby Walrus, + a dead Oqquh. The Oqquh had been shot in the head + skull smashed. We removed head of ringed seal—a large, old, specimen. Also took the walrus head, the fondest meat I've ever seen. Out back to Tent a little after 8 PM. Saw Dvory Bull along beach, my first in all the time I've been in the north. Aug 1—Pitkanger Pine, Alaska. [illegible] Did little today slept help clean out the tent, boil out + clean the walrus head + the ringed seal head. In the evening went for a long walk to beach + a mile or more down. No new carcasses have come in. Picked up a piece of plywood + hinged it back, also the fox head I left to dry on one of the shrubs.