Alaska journal, v4407
Page 221
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Childs 1958 25 June Patme you River, Cape Sabine, Alaska Washed up, cleaned cup, packed specimen for shipment and waited for plane which didn't come. Heavy fog along coast. 26 June Covered plot 1. Plane arrived at 9 got to plot 2. Heavy rain in late p.m. 27 June The caribou herd 100,000 strong moved through Friday starting just before noon. Solomon took 6. I went to 3rd Ridge taking junction and observing. Rain squalls offload. About 1730 movement slowed and feeding was the rule. After supper helped bring in some of the meat. 28 June Confined to tent with dysentery. Rained most of day. 29 June Continued rain and fog. Caught 4 Mice, 2 Wt. Sandpipers juveniles, and 1 adult Longspur in 25 traps behind tent. At 1:500 same traps yielded 1 Mice and 2 Wt. Sand. one adult + one juvenile. Left this 25 set and set 20 after supper. Weather now clearing (1930). 30 June Trapped 13 Mice, in 20 traps. Made got 3/25 3 Sandpiper chicks and 1 Longspur. Covered plot 2 Found 2 more dead caribou. Walked to Wolverine Mt. Found white wagtails there. Collected one. Single & caribou with new calf. Got 1 Mice in trap.