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M. Brock
1957
Journal
Aug 8 Wainight, Northern Alaska
Transsects I and II were checked
at 2030 with a smaller catch of
lemmings then in the morning.
The plane came in again today
with my shotgun and personal
belongings
Aug 9 Traps checked at 0900 with
a very large catch of lemmings
once again. (See Thomeet notes)
Plane came in again today and
brought the Coleman stove,
Two lemmings were seen morning
during the morning check of the traps.
Took a walk along beach and over
tundra to Administrators cabin out at the
point about 3.5 miles from Wainight
No lemmings were seen during the
walk.
Transsect checked in evening - no
lemmings at all caught in transect II
while transect I only had a few.
Aug 10 Traps I and II checked at 0900
Once again a fair amount of lemmings
caught
Yesterday a small amount of rain
fell. Today it has been raining lightly
all day - may set off some traps