J.P. Myers 1975 Journal Flight: Cape Lisburne to Barrow 5 July Coastal plain here appears no different from that which we saw towards MacIntyre the day before. Again, I was impressed by the amount of low center polygon, and the relative paucity of high polygon. We saw many caribou. From the air one could easily see their paths - and it was only in places with well defined paths, tracts, etc., that we ever saw any caribou themselves. Landed 1920. Transect 1,3 6 July A late start this morning because we were not sure whether Schlichteniger wanted to go out again. He didn't. So at 915 I drove out to the Smithsonian w/Russell - me to sample transects 1 and 3; he to sample 2 and 4 (Cormous died. will be census-ing 2,4 from now on) Schlichteniger was actually out by the grids when we went by. I stopped to ask if we could show him something - he said he was looking for sharp-tailed sandpipers (It was not very encouraging). I did get him to put his binoculars on the nearby snowy owl nest. We then left. Began census-ing the grid at 1000 - a strong E wind was discouraging. It was obvious this morning, for the first time, that water is evaporating extensively now. On the ponds along the center of transect 1 there are strips of exposed mud. In transect 3 some of the grassy fields are considerably drier. But as yet there is some way to go. totals: #1 #3 alpina 9 + 3 chicks 0 bairdi 2 0 fusicolis 4 0 melanotos 0 11 6 1 maikia mauri 0 0 pisilla 0 0 Phalaropus f. 8 1 3 6 4 Transect 5 (Grid 3) 7 July 0850 began sampling Transect 5: this is a new transect over old ground, running out the (9,n) column of Grid 2; plan these along the (n,1) now: