Alaska journal, v4407
Page 287
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Transcription
child 1963 Journal 4 July Barrow, Alaska continued until midnight. By noon there was 3 miles covering the tundra 5 July Dick went out in a.m. and flushed birds off the nest that were covered with snow. Dave & I went south of So. Meadow Lake in p.m. by which time most of the snow had melted. There was no lemmings seen on the trip or fresh sign on the snow. A jaeger was seen & attack a ? Stella Eider which fought back aggressively. A jaeger was also seen & be feeding on insects. Dave is convinced now that the Eskimos are having such trouble getting no animals that the high occurred in January. The sequence of events this summer appears to duplicate 1962. Certainly at this point there is little indication of great events & some 6 July Jay Stevens & I put out good live plot July Butter Manor taken to live plots. See breaking myo, Brewer shipping no & 9 July Barbo Doland tomorrow. 7 July Ice well broken myo & Canadian Icebreakers offshore.