Alaska field notes, v4435
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J.P. Myers 1975 Journal Grid 2 13 July (cont.) that they might see away of the process I put red color bands on the right legs of all Bolards. This whole interchange could have been a mistake: perhaps they will now go out shooting for wounded birds. But obviously the old sea - no evil routine wasn't going to work. I hope this does. One sad side light - landing 9 minutes later that night I found a Q beside PS-8, shot. As the PS-8 eggs were cold it was, presumably, the PS-8. Cape Thompson, Chukchi Sea, Alaska 14 July 830 (old) by Larry Underwood that this was room on a flight leaving for Wales at 0900. We were ready by 0845 but the plane - R4D - did not take off until 1130. Stopped air duty Cape, where the plane was radioed that all passengers had to get off at Cape Thompson rather than continue on to Wales - security, they said. Russian sub-marines and all that. So at ~1450 we landed at Cape Thompson (deleting a) got off the plane. First hour spent helping crew unload gear and carry material from runway to campa this was impeded by a stream, Oyabrok Creek, which at this stage of the melt off was running foot that shallow, not over 8" deep in the channel (at the best crossing site (i.e. it was deepen everywhere else)). After helping for a brief period, C. Connors and I walked along the woods NW toward the cliffs, with the intent of seeing the colonies. However we were quickly stopped by an outcrop of impassable rock which dropped off into the ocean. (Quickly being after as a 15 km hike up the gravel beach.