Jonich 1953 56 Eskimo Notes July 23 Point Barrow, Alaska since disappeared. A 2-man helicopter flies back and forth every once in a while on liaison missions, sighting just a few feet from the administration bldg., and on the ship itself. Base personnel are more numerous each day now and there is a general bustle of activity - strangers seem to appear from everywhere, but mostly on the 3 to 6 air force airplanes that have been coming and going each day. The big operation this year is to carry excess equipment and supplies east to Barter Island (airforce base), return here, load up, and try to get back to Seattle before the ice closes in for the winter. There are about 300 on the mess list now and the main work has been to ready supplies and machinery for shipment. Apparently most of the oil drilling material will be going westward. Among the visitors is Col. Fletcher, air force, of the ice island, some hydrographers from Washington, and various specialty personnel to oversee and direct the loadings, and the navy and cost guard ice patrols, each equipped with a PBY amphibious plane. Since we have no docks here the ships