Alaska journal, v4407
Page 295
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child 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