Jonich
Journal
June 16 Point Barrow, Alaska
The day was spent by Pitelka, Thompson, and me on
a trip by weasel with Max Brewer to Barrow's,
which is the abandoned site of a day well about
10 miles south of the navy base. The trip extended
between 10 am. and 9 pm., in which time we were
almost constantly traveling, except for a one hour
stop at the well from 4:30 to 6 pm. We saw much
of the country in our wanderings, particularly
for several miles to the N.E. of the well when
direction were temporarily lost. We stopped when-
ever there was some object of interest, and to
collect specimens and examine nests when it
was desirable. The trip was really a grand tour
of the inland area and exposed much that was
new, to our views. The terrain appeared the
same as that adjacent to the base. Bird species
encountered included Pacific Eoon, pintail, old squaw,
white-fronted goose, black brant, Steller eider, long eider,
spectacled eider, golden plover, Baird sandpiper,
red-backed sandpiper, pectoral sandpiper, red pha-
erope, pomarine jaeger, parasitic jaeger, glaucous
gull, arctic tern, snowy owl, long-eared owl,
Sapland longspur, snow bunting. Mammals included
arctic fox (1 dead picked up), least weasel, and brown
lemming. In general the animal life seemed to
be about the same in proportion to occurrence
within 2 miles of the base. A nest of a glaucous