Alaska field notes, v4467
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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.