Field Notes Doug Bell August 14, 1989. Rented a car from Practical (car Rental) (Gambell St.), Anchorage ($29.50/day + $50 mi/day fee). No cars were available at the airport. Left Anchorage about 15:00, after getting my liq. N2 Tank filled, and having lunch with Brian Fodely. Drove first to Putage Glacier. Along the way I saw a Beluga Whale (at Beluga Point !?). Quite a surprise - such a white beast, slowly emerging w/ its back out of the water, proceeding in a long arch exposing most of its back, before disappearing in a sharp "dive" without once exposing its tail. The Beluga did this slow arching surfacing probably 6 times, all within the same general area, then it died. Beluga Point is at the beginning of Turnagain Arm, the inlet which proceeds nearly up to Putage Glacier. Highway 1 proceeds down and up either side of this arm. Saw Dall Sheep on the rocks just above Beluga Point. Lots of tourists stopping to see the scrappy creatures. After Putage Glacier, [illegible] and Turnagain Arm, the road goes up and then some wide mountain passes. The [illegible] country looks almost tundra-like, with snow and meadows abounding. The highway skirts the edge of a long lake ( ), then begins descending into large expansive spruce & bog flats. It parallels the course of both [illegible] Kenai and Anchor Rivers. The Spruce trees are surprisingly short & thin - many ca 15' tall, spaced. The area looks "stunted". Also, in the mountains, over 42 the spruce have grown