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M. Brock
1958
Journal
June 3 Barrow, Alaska
spending the morning looking for more
skeletal material. Arrived at Barrow
about 1200. Unpacked and got settled
in lab.
June 4 Along with Bill Mahr, took a weed to
about one mile south of gas well
and back. Tundra still very much
covered with snow - saw some trapline
stakes which stuck out of snow. Judging
by lack of predators, lack of lemmings
sign and lack of lemmings, so far,
there is very little activity at present.
No signs of lemming activity were
noticeable in any of the exposed areas.
Snow buntings, longspurs and
red-backed sandpipers were common
while observations were also made of
two glaucous gulls flying by and
two pararine jaegers seen at a great
distance. A dead king eider was found
out on the tundra. The head and neck
were missing and a slight scar visible
in the chest
June 5 Made arrangements for a trip to
Wainwright next Monday to do trapping
there. Obtained 300+ traps and applied
to the trade of such a scripture of