Jonieh 1953 51 Eskimo Notes July 10 Point Barrow, Alaska That is, there are many sterile bodies of water that fish have not been planted in naturally or otherwise. The limiting factor of lakes freezing to the bottom is well demonstrated, for fish cannot live under such conditions of a yearly freeze up. July 17 We had a thoroughly interesting lecture this evening concerning the ice island T-3 or as it is otherwise known, Fletcher's Island. The speaker was Charles Horvath, one of our summer investigators here, with the team from University of Southern California that is studying marine invertebrates. Charles spent last winter, from October to March, on the island. He flew in from the base at Thule, Greenland, and did not see the sun again until returning there in March, at which time an increasing period of twilight was observable after the months of total darkness. T-3 is a chunk of ice 9 miles long and 4 miles broad. Its thickness is about 180 feet. The island was about 265 miles from the north pole and through the 5½ months it drifted 120 miles to the southeast. It is of interest that the island left, or has since left, the Alaska Air Command territory and has drifted