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June 1 Point Barrow, Alaska
there is an unmistakable component of the village
aroma, mile from any past or present settlement.
June 7 I have been reading an interesting article on
the mammals, people, and the country in the
Anaktuvik Pass region. This pass is the
main migration route of the caribou through
the Brooks range, and is at an elevation
of only about 2000' in this mountain basin
that is generally 6 to 8 thousand feet high.
The main river of the pass drops only
200 feet in 15 miles; a similar river runs
out the other way into the Yukon drainage.
Incidentally when I came to Barrow we took
the special route through this pass because
of brass on the plane. Took pictures too,
which were much more satisfactory down
in the canyon than any view from above.
The article appears in Arctic magazine for
December, 1951. What I was going to relate
was the story of a primitive method of
taking wolves that the Inland People, as
they are known, used before firearms were
introduced. Pete Sovalike told me the same
story. The eskimos would take a piece of
bone several inches long, sharpen the ends,
and twist or roll it up in a ball of meat.
This was bound and allowed to freeze.