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C H I L D S
1951
July 13 Point Barrow, Alaska (Cont)
Dr. Paul Voth gave a seminar on the Biology of
Marchantia in the evening.
July 14 After sleeping late I went to look for a seal
reported washed up on the beach towards the
Village. Apparently it had been picked up
by the Eskimos. John Williams took me down
and showed me his equipment for the study
of magnetism. The equipment was installed
in an insulated house on a marble table.
By use of photographic paper + chromatic
24 hour records are taken on declination.
In the afternoon we went out to the trap line
but got no mammals. A few phalaropes were
collected. 2 Parasitic Jaegers were seen on the
ground, dark phases. The wind has been
high and the weather as cold as we have
seen it since we arrived. Almost
ocean ice is left due to the offshore east
winds. After the movies Mayer, Chambers, Boelke,
Gil & 9 collected invertebrates along the shore.
There were several species of crab found;
a sercid worm, other polychaetes, Echinus at
another similar thing, several sponges, 2 jelly-
fish, a nudibranch, several amphipods,
pychnogorids etc. Gil & 9 played Ken
and Frank at bridge during which
we bid + made 2 small slans in a row!