Jonel 1953 Eskeino Notes July 7 Point Barrow, Alaska National Forest. Little things like this kept up morale to a remarkable degree. The living and work quarters consisted of three prefab huts placed end to end, giving a total area of 15 x 57 feet. To allow for instrument reading schedule, two meals were served each day, one each 12 hours. In between one could have a snack at any time. An ice box full of all the choicest cuts of steak and chops, and hamburgers, was provided for these snacks. It worked out that the hamburger stock always had to be replenished first. American customs seem to go wherever Americans go. July 23 The ice is slow to go this year, everyone is saying. It still is in close to the beach down at the village, the pack a jumbled mass of blocks that have been pitched about by the force of the wind that has driven the pack against the shore. The lead in front of the base is about half a mile wide and beyond the point there is a mile wide stretch of open water for the drift has been to the S.E. and E. The supply ships, however, are on the way and the ice breaker, Burton Island, has been sighted off Barrow, but it has