AM Verbeek Journal 92 There was a light snow cover but the grass was still visible. There was 3/4 cm ice on all ponds. Flooded tundra was still rather soft underneath the ice. Of birds there were few. Besides a flock of geese, some of which were White-fronts, there was one Parasitic Jaeger, a few Golden Plovers and Redbacks and a flock of Glaucous gulls. In the afternoon I went on the hiz Mann, which went to the Point 30 Durham (from Allen Hancock Foundation) could take some samples from a fresh water lake there. I took the opportunity to visit the Black Guillemot nest. Besides a few Glaucous gulls and Arctic Tern, I saw some 500 Saline Gulls. On the way back the boat went to the pack ice -- some 7 miles off shore, where I had hoped to see some aloids. However, the pack ice proved to be rather sterile. I did not see a single bird for a distance of some 5 km. 4 Sept. During the morning I made a trip to the village where the North Star was still being unloaded. The afternoon I spend packing the remainder of my belongings. 5 Sept. Made a trip with Pat Clark to his USGS station, where he gave me a guided tour of his instruments. Very impressive, but I was amazed at the inadequacy of the buildings the instruments are housed in. The airplane was to leave around 10:00, but after several delays we finally departed at 17:00.