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1963
23 July Barrow, Alaska
Started live plot, 2nd run
26 July Completed live plot. Departed for Nome 1430.
Nome, Alaska
Arrived about 1830. After several hours
it was decided that not stay and go to
Cape Thompson in the morning. No moose
sign around the airport.
27 July Departed about noon for Cape Thompson. Collected
3 Western 5 mulpipars at airport.
Cape Thompson, Alaska
Much larger camp and facilities - Seen
in 1958. Big airstrip across the valley.
Caught a M. oecacaus, walked to camp. Lots
of sign. After eaty walked to bird cliff
and scared some birds. Saw Tufted
+ Horned Puffins, Ptarmigan, Gyrfalcon,
Glaucous Gull, Kittlitz's Murrelet, Raven
Long-tailed Jaeger, Laysan Albatross, Redpoll.
28 July Walked to top of Crow-bill in fog
and collected fossils. Saw an ojuit.
Weather overcast & low fog, clearing
Towards evening
29 July Clear and warm. Walked to Crow-bill. But still
couldn't get + the birds. Plane came in about 3
and we departed for Ketneza
Ketneza River, Cape Sabine, Alaska
Saw no animals on trip from Thompson. After