Childs 1955 Journal Aug 11 Point Barrow, Alaska Set out transects 1, 2, 5-8. Aug 12 Finished my ridge speleomns. Aug 13 Saline gulls, Arctic Terns, and red phalaropes, by the hundreds close along shore feeding on invertebrates. We took picture of them at 6-10' range. Aug 14 Finished transect 1, 2, 5-8 and line plot 2. Aug 15 McNatt left for Half-moon 3 with Father John. Started line plot 4. Aug 16 Installed 3 more speleomnes & 1 pseudo-speleo on the beach ridge. Total of 33 speleomns. Aug 17 Started bird trapping. Last night there was an informal meeting with Dr. Quam & lab personal to discuss the general program. She started off and did a fine job of putting an ecological emphasis tying most of the projects together. He put the following diagram on the board Animal populations Pitelka ↓↑ Vegetation shakes & Boyd ↓↑ Climate ↓ Brewer ↑ ↓ Adaplin & topographic Draw Hussey Shale It was a fine display of cooperation among the sciences.