Alaska journal, v4407
Page 195
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Chiles 1958 3 23 May Wainwright, Alaska a dead lemming on the surface. We also found that the Eakins boys have supplies of lemmings saved in the ice cellars for the "Spring Sale." On this basis I have recommended to Crawford (Schoolteacher) and Bruce that only live animals be purchased. In the evening we saw 3 longspurs in the Village. There apparently is no lead within striking distance of Wainwright, although the hunters are getting riders flying over the ice. There was a large one 20-30 miles SW of Barrow. With such a stretch of unbroken ice it is a wonder how the whales get to the Barrow area leads from the south. The lung of the White Whale that Pavlova got was a very compact structure with highly branched bronchioles, not at all like the flabby expandable tissue of most mammalian lungs. 24 May Developed a heavy cold overmeat. Spent the day at the school. Longspurs move through in small flocks. East wind.