JPMeyes 1975 Journal Cape Lisborne, Southern Chukchi Sea, Alaska 5 July (cont'd) The area opens into a sloping patch of grassy tundra. No polygonization to speak of, but a gentle enough slope so that there were pools of water, filled with emergent grasses. See trip list (birds). The beach is gravel with a few patches of coarse sand; I suspect that anything finer would quickly be blown away. Going S from camp the cliffs close in upon the beach within one mile until they finally cut it off completely. Shoulder is a simple gravel ledge ~1.5m high. See in all clear at shore (pack ice ~ 1.5 km offshore) but there were no waves to speak of. A seabird colony begins shortly before the end of the beach. There were thousands of Uria lomvia, milling about in the nearby ocean, and more nesting on the cliffs — I doubt if there was anything comparable elsewhere. Uria lomvia outnumbered all other birds, using low to mid-cliff microledge — on the afternoon shortest faces. We were able to pick out one Uria aalge in a group of 5 perched on a typical ledge. The few Fratercula corniculata were much higher than the main body of Uria; they favored areas just below the crest of the cliff, below the point where the slope changed from almost vertical to completely vertical [illegible] Perhaps had we been able to see the tundra zone above the sheer edge we would have seen more puffins on the cliff. However, even in the water, less than 1% of birds visible were Fratercula. Rissa tridactyla showed the sheer face with Uria; however they tended to occupy smaller spots, with room only for one bird. The Uria aggregated on slightly larger ledge with up to 5-6 birds. A few Cepphus were present. We could identify both black and pigeon. Larus hyperboreus also sat on the cliff, but most that I saw were in the gulls (puffins). Flight: Cape Lisborne → Barrow, Alaska Left Lisborne at 17:30 in a high wind — a precarious take off. We flew over ice at first, going S away from the mountains directly and out as far as the lead. Encountered one group of Walruses — 10-15 individuals in a wide, 200m lead with only chunks of floating ice — no platforms. It was astonishing to see that so many appeared within 3 minutes because they were forced (aircraft) or had seen more although looking hard. By the time we reached Wainwright we were at the coast; from there to Barrow we flew over tundra, the ground