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48
Journal
Sullivan J.
1762 Wainwright, Alaska
4 August (cont.) Still no more collared lemmings in
The traps - lots of longspurs taken. A
fair number of western sandpipers seen
Today (±6). Juvenile red backs common.
Clouded over this evening and a cold rain
fell.
5 August Wainwright, Alaska
More Lemmings taken - still no more
Dicercotonyx (only the one juvenile taken on
3 August).
Clarence Nolan received the paint for
the ARL boat - but has been out on R+R.
... boat not painted yet. Brewer also sent
Nolan some live traps for foxes, which
he will soon set out. Nolan says the foxes
start "moving around more" in the fall.
Plane is to be here around supper
time to pick me up - so I have the traps
in by 1745. Only one Dicercotonyx taken -
lots of Lemmings taken on line IV where I
got most of the 15 D. in June. Possibly
the brown crowded the collared out of their
habitat - the tundra irregular ridge - along
which line IV runs. No plane has shown
up by yet.
6 August Wainwright → Barrow, Alaska
Murphy and Gil (Bothnacki otter)