Janish 1953 Journal July 7 Point Barrow, Alaska the beach and by 9 a.m. there was a definite lead about from the N.W. end of camp and on up the way as far as I could see. The pressure ridge remained. Ice floes were visibly moving and the shifting of ice was indicated by the garbage dump; some of which remained grounded on beach ice but other portions of which were strewn to the N.E. as far as ¼ mile and as much as 200 yards offshore. Floes were abundant in the water of the lead. At Nunuk in the afternoon ice was brushing against the north point of land so that a dense jam formed there but there was steady movement of ice just offshore. At the village site the water was fairly open, with bergs and floes drifting at several knots per hour. There was a steady movement of birds just offshore and along the beach, against the N.W. gentle wind. This seemed partly a result of the beginning of return migration as well as because of the fair weather fol- lowing a week of overcast, wind, + rain. July 8 L.S. Wiggins reports that the tundra is well behind last year's schedule in greenness. The day was partly overcast with cirrus and cumulus clouds but there was considerable sun. The