Childs 1960 Journal 21 May Barrow, Alaska Arrived 1030. 2 p.m. walked out to drum area behind the lab. Runways were present under the snow everywhere we dug down to the surface. [illegible] No snowy owls or jaegers seen. Snow buntings and Glaucous gulls were only birds around. 22 May Snowed all day with high wind. 23 May Sleet storm during the night. after lunch took weasel out to beach ridge and marsh. Collected (91) lemmings by circling areas of thin snow with weasel and decreasing circle. 4 flocks of about 1000 total King Eiders seen. Glaucous gulls fleeing on tundra! Rain at Liz A has held up our flight 24 May Went out to the Voth area. Pomarine jaegers and longspurs had arrived. 25 May Tom Cade and Bill Maher went with me in a big circle south of the gas well. About 8 olds were seen and one nest w/6 eggs was found. Red-billed sandpipers were seen. 26 May Petmeza River, Cape Sabine, Alaska Departed Barrow about 1015 in Cessna 195's. Saw very few owls and not many jaegers on trip down. Had lunch at Liz A. We had no trouble landing although both pilots were apprehensive of the new plane, the melt of