Janih 1953 Journal June 10 Point Barrow, Alaska the sun nearly all the time. In the morning we went to central marsh and the ridge to collect samples of lemmings, which run about freely on the ground surface at this time. Bill Thompson arrived on the linchaul so the afternoon was devoted largely to his orientation, and to observation of buntings. June 11 8 a.m. temperature 33°, sky largely overcast but clearing in the afternoon. A gentle east wind blew steadily. I spent the day mainly at ob- erving bunting territories, but in the evening attended the Village whale festival activities. A fog lowered at 5 p.m. and remained, generally com- pletely obscuring the sun, for most of the night. June 12 8 a.m. temperature 32°, sky with some haze and cirrus formations, but the sun was bright for much of the day. Fog closed in in the night. In the morning I watched bunting activity with Thompson and spent the afternoon in the field on the census plots. A species I had not seen before was Black Brant, 2 of which were on the 20-acre study area. Snow is still receding. Over the central marsh where it is essentially all gone heat refraction waves were so intense in early afternoon that from the 40 acre plot the ridge across toward the radio station was completely blurred and scarcely distinguishable