Jomich 1958 Eskimo Notes July 17 Point Barrow, Alaska into the territory of the Eastern Defence Command. Horvath had planned to return to the island this summer but because of the shift of the island the arrangements he made in preparation for the trip were nullified. His work concerned marine biology and he was able to carry out a full program in despite of the difficulties of working in the dark at temperatures that generally ran from 20° to 40° below zero. The lecture was well illustrated by many fine color photographs of the work and routine of living, flash pictures of course. There were 9 men in the group, including a navy commanding officer, a couple of radiomen, 2 meteorologists, 3 other investigators, and a cook. Charlie's work was done just off the island on the ice pack. Here he had to dig through only about 17 feet of ice in order to lower his nets, traps, thermometers, sampling devices and other instruments. They had a com- fortable ice shelter over the ice hole and were able to work quite steadily. At least that was the impression given by this mild, gentle unassuming chap who did the work. He said the 5½ months seemed only about 2 weeks long. No doubt a great deal of effort