M. Brock 1957 Journal Barrow, Northern Alaska Aug 29 Checked trapline VII and VIII in the morning and evening and found absolutely nothing. The area is extremely wet and spongy. Finally, finished processing the backlog of lemmings. Packed soil specimens which were collected yesterday. Aug 30 Traps checked in the morning, No evening check was made. More lemmings found in the freezer; these were Wainright specimens from the beginning of the season. Also some from Pitt Point collected by Bill Maker. More [illegible] packed for shipping. After processing all left over lemmings, I prepared a study skin of a know-age lemming and 1 a Microtus caught earlier in the season at Mead River. Aug 31 Traplines were checked in the morning, traps were not checked in the evening. Various things cleaned up about the cub. Sept 1 Traplines VII and VIII picked up in the morning, no lemmings had been caught in either one of the lines. Both lines were extremely,