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Journal
Sullivan J.
1962
Barrow, Alaska
flying. The second trip to Wainwright is scheduled
for tomorrow. We hope to get the outcamp run
before starting the third running of the
Barrow liner.
30 July Barrow, Alaska
Brewer has to make up for lost flying
time today. Two flights to Anaktuvuk
Base will be run today - and Wainwright
tomorrow (we hope). Worked on pt. sampling
graphs in lab.
31 July Barrow, Alaska
Awaiting flight to Wainwright. Helped
Bary in the colony this morning. Procedure:
remove, weigh + record all food remaining in each
lemming cage; subtract from food given the
day before, thus getting food use per day. Same
with water (measured). Weigh lemmings (every
4th da. - this is a weighing day). Easiest weighing
method - balance 2 coffee cans (2 lb cans) on
scale. Damp lemmings in can - most lem-
mings can't get out. In weighing litter -
smaller pups are weighed together (litter wt).
Pups post toe-clipping + marking are weighed
individually. Litter seem to run around
9 pups. Individual temperaments of adult
lemmings can be observed. Stevens handled
a few easily (no bite), most could be picked up