Jonich 1953 Journal July 19 Point Barrow, Alaska This afternoon I went with Wilimovsky to Deadman's Island, crossing from the spit by motor boat. The water was rough and as it turned out I was allowed only 45 min. to inspect the entire island. The island now embraces the two sandbars beyond Doctor Island (Deadman's + 2 bars) for the three are now continuous. We landed at the west end and I proceeded rapidly on foot nearly to the other end; then I returned more quickly to join the party at the boat. Arctic terns, Sabine gulls, and glaucous gulls were the common birds. The island surface is gravelly sand with driftwood scattered over it. Evidently the entire island is awash during the occasional fall storms. I found near the middle a sharply raised mound about 12' long and 6' wide and nearly 4' high. This was of sand, bound together by a coarse-leaved grass. A lump of sand about 2' across beside this had a dense stand of a pale green chick-weed like plant on it. I saw no other vegetation except two other smaller adjacent patches of this latter plant. The Arctic terns were nesting for I found one chick. We stopped for 15 minutes on Doctor Island, which is similar, without vegetation, and there I found 2 tern chicks. Ice