Field notes: Alaska, v4401
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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