Field notes: Alaska, v4401
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M. Brock 1957 Journal June 5 Innaw River + 30 miles SW Barrow, Northern Alaska Tom Cade spotted a lemming and caught it. Later Tom saw another lemming which he failed to catch. Approximately eight miles South of Barrow I caught a lemming which was running in the tracks the LVT had made on the way to Innaw. It was later found out that Lowell had seen a lemming running on the ground somewhere. Bill's final count on jeagers (when we returned to Barrow at about 9:30 PM) was 8 poramine, 1 longtail, 7 parasite and 9 unknown jeagers. After we returned to the lab and talked to Map, he told us that the people in Wainright had caught 400 lemmings and wanted to know whether they should stop. The first "shipment" of 200 is to come in Friday J.R.H. Ft. Barrow, Alaska June 6 Prepared for going to Mead River Trip proposed. Oiled traps baited traps June 7 Helped process most of the lemmings brought back from Wainright by Cade & Maher. Their shipment of 200 lemmings did not come in today. Prepared again for leaving for Mead River - plane had brake trouble, we will leave tomorrow (?). Chester Lampel and Frank Talbut are also going to Mead River and will go on a plane ahead of us.