Jornich 1953 Eskimo Notes Point Barrow, Alaska May 22 Not wishing to deprive the eskimos of his harder we did not get for beyond the sampling stage. The slight wave lapped at the edge of the ice which was about a foot higher than the water. An umiak (skin boat) chugged along some distance out, with its modern touch of outboard motor, and the lowering sun played on the ice mass. There are several tented eskimos along the lead. They stay out there, moving back some when swells come up and heave the ice up and down, threatening to break floes from it. At times, the eskimos become so interested in their hunting they are literally carried away by unexpected winds and currents, but they are generally good weather prophets. The ice will be safe for some time yet and even then the eskimos will be out on it until it finally breaks up. It is their life. To see the ice pack first hand on a brightly lit sunlight night is something everyone should experience at first hand, once. It was near 11 when I got back to the base and