SP Myeus 1977 Journal NARL, Barrow, Ak 19 June tracked 8 melacones and 8 fulicaris today, from ~0900 to 1540. A long cold day in the tundra, weather varying between chilly and cold, fog or sun, ~34° rising to 40 but with a constant northerly breeze. The preboreal scene looked up today, as I worked 4♂ with decent and reasonably small territories. Not strenuously active compared to last year but hopping enough to keep me busy and physically warm. Even though the ♂ were active I found precious few ♀ in acc: in fact only one popped up off the grid as I worked. Mean ± there were probably no more than that, but ♂ were 87% moving through. The fulicaris scene is calming down considerably, with many fewer using the grid now, and most of those being either coupled ♀♂ or ♂♂ in units. However the bird I tracked (B:6) laid her first egg today. -a rope-cone-lately. See Heteroxodus brevipy account 20 June very frustratingly today out on 6410 4. Yesterday I had tracked melacones along the eastern and southern eastern + southern edges, feeding for cooperation. Today I tried the Northern half + had a hell of a time finding ♂, much less any ♀ being territorial. As a matter of fact there are at least 2 areas where non-territorial ♂ are daily as they please without risk of being supplanted. Activity along E+S centuries culminated. Weather today was Barrow at its variable best: 34° at 0700, rising to 38° during snow, fog, a NE wind, splashed with a fog flicker of sunshine when a break in the thin overcast let a few rays through. Not obvious 21 June Produce Bay, North Slope, Alaska Flew to Produce (Deadhorse Airport) today on the Wien jet, arriving 1215. Found rented truck immediately + set off looking for place to stay (VE construction - [illegible]) Apparently I drove past the place 3 or 4 times before actually finding it. The Produce horizon is very dis-orienting, filled as it is with innumerable drilling rigs, indistinguishable construction camps, and an curved flatness that exceeds even that of Barrow. Today's low clouds and intermittent rain only compound the problem. Once I found the place, checked in at