June 7 Point Barrow, Alaska Badger about the size of a dog. So much for the wolverine. Yes, the snow has been receding since June 1 and the lemmings are gradually being exposed. They have been so numerous and active under the snow that virtually the whole cover has been undermined by their tunnels and digging to reach the plants they feed on. The vegetation has been literally mown by the lemmings, for they eat the basal parts of the stems, which remain green all winter. The forage now is about exhausted and where the snow is off the grass lays over the ground like well-trodden chaff. The lemmings have become rather restless about the situation and many have left home. The past 2 or 3 days it has been possible to see one or two or three running about the gravel streets of the case, going somewhere, but nowhere in particular. We do not anticipate a great march as is reputed to occur in Scandinavia. Charlie Brower's story about a 10 mile front of lemmings that are six years old took four days to pass through Barrow is received with considerable skepticism by the villagers I have talked with. He also states that they went out on the ice and into the sea beyond