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Sullivan J.
Barrow, Alaska
Journal.
captured 1 pregnant 9 - which Mullen autopsied.
while in the central marsh area we checked
the snap traps (1530-1630). The shore ice was
gone on return to Barrow - apparently it had
gone out around noon.
June 28 The flight to Wales was again postponed -
this time until tomorrow. Holmes and I counted
insects from his samples this morning.
1300-1720 put up lemming skins from a batch
of animals collected in 1960 from Oct-Dec.
June 29 Clear and sunny. Today - good weather for the
flight to Wales. Processed some snap-trapped
birds while waiting to hear about the trip.
1200 - departed for Wales in the Cessna 180 -
Joe Felder, pilot; Holmes; Chester, an eskimo
originally from Wales; and I. The weather
was favorable - clear and good visibility.
We saw small flocks of phalaropes flying over
Tundra pools. No concentrations of jaeger, owls
were seen - just a jaeger here and there. We saw
+ caribou grazing on the tundra, and a herd of 25-30
beluga just off the coast. The white backs
without dorsal fins showed as they broke the
surface of the sea. We followed the coast to
Cape Beaufort, and then turned south for Togo-
due. Hit some rain and clouds over the Brooks
Range which we crossed in the vicinity of Mt. Kelly.