Alaska field notes, v4467
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Journal Sullivan J. 1762 Wainwright, Alaska → Barrow, Alaska 25 June (cont) Fickes (pilot) gone to Wainwright village and to an out camp and should return for us in 3 hours or so . 26 June Wainwright, Alaska 0115 Piper woke me up in the hut mumbling that Fickes should be here in a few minutes. We walked out to the landing field (our gear had been dropped there at 2330 last night). Visibility good in the immediate area and around the village, but misty and overcast in- land (30-40 miles from station). Fickes came in around 0145 - had gotten to the village (where the & anthropologist is now located) but had not made the outcamp. Flight back - very smooth - more visible, a number of glaucous gulls and Piper saw an arctic fox. Lee had moved into the shoreline most of the way up, (Fickes had seen a certain amount of open water just offshore on the way down). Most of the tundra clear of snow between Barrow and Wainwright. Flew over Barrow village about 0240 - about 20 natives stood in a group waving at us - just outside an old house.