CHILDs 1951 July 31 Bint Barrow, Alaska Bill Mayer and I left Barrow via the Trans-ocean Neesman pontoon plane, Pilot P.T. Soda, for East Ammalik at 1130. The trip south was uneventful. Birds seen from the air were 4 Snowy Owls near the Drank River, Glaucous and Sabine gulls, Arctic Tern, Loons diving on a large lake. We landed about an hour later on a lake about 3 mi. east of the camp. Livingstone and friend were camped in a tent on the lake shore. They left us a large supply of food and took the tent with them. They had found a large fossil bone. (mammoth?). We loaded our gear in the weasel and limped slowly to camp. Here the wannigans made a splendid field set-up. The cook wannigan had more food than we could eat in 6 months and was well equipped with utensils plus a large table which was entirely for working and eating. At camp we were bothered very little by flies or mosquitoes. The weather was warm and sunny. We spent the afternoon getting settled and investigating near camp. Both Parasitic and long-tail jaegers were around camp as were Ravens and Glaucous Gulls, Wagtails were common all over as were Red- polls. A mammal was seen swimming in the