Alaska field notes, v4434
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Maker 1959 Journal. by the amount of pellet material I decided he left on the 10th. Shortly after I returned the plane arrived. While Bobby ferried our stuff to Lug A. He cleaned up the campsite pretty well. Finally left at 2.30, refueled at Lug A & continued to Barrow. Spend the 12 helping Hank with his specimens. He had sent in about 150 [illegible] with Bobby Fincher to be frozen until he could process them at Barrow. Unfortunately they were forgotten for several days & were in awful shape when we worked on them. First thing on morning of 12 Hank & I hauled 2 whale heads to the Lab. One a mature whale & the other a calf. These were 2 of the 3 Day Whales killed by the natives a few weeks ago. I spent the 13, 14, & 15 cleaning the smaller skull. Poiled it in a large tank using a steam point. Cleaned the thing pretty well & reassembled it in [illegible] Seabean Building. Finished it in afternoon of 15. One of Otto Brevet's assistants, Paul, purchased a pair of ear ossicles in Barrow that evening for $10.00. They turned out to be the pair from the skull so I have