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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