Alaska journal, v4407
Page 19
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CHILD'S 1951 6. June 15 Point Barrow, Alaska (Cont) in general. The weather was warm with almost no wind so as expected to find a lot of migrants. But that was not the case. Only a couple of flocks of ducks were seen over the ice. June 16 In the morning Gil and I ran the Calkhorn line and covered L.E. No catch for the second day. Golden Plover and Dowitchers, and pintails arrived today. Several Steller Eiders on the marsh. We caught a collared lemming alive at the south end of L.W. I covered the snow bunting situation in the afternoon after which Gil & I set out 49 line traps and 48 snaptraps baited with walnuts. On the way out the fog came in so that when we crossed the marsh we got into deep water. Gil shot a Steller Eider & with a half load and I got about 10 Red Phalaropes with one shot, none of which we were able to get. An airplane dropped a bundle to us which we later found was a can of grease for a moose 10mi south. We didn't get it either because of the deep water. Fog was very thick still at 2300. Schiller showed Soda- Chromes after the movie. June 17 Slept in this morning. In the p.m. ran the Calkhorn line for the third day with no success. No catch in the other traps either. Snow owl seen again. Fog all day but cleared about 1200. Thompson & Rose reported Buddy