M. Brock 1958 Journal June 9 Wainwright, Alaska for flying and with a strong tail wind made it to Wainwright in 40 minutes. The Arctic Ocean is still frozen for 1-2 miles from the shore out, and on the flight, four seals were seen on the ice, two singly and two as a pair. One of the single ones was flushed so that it disappeared into an ice hole. The snow cover at Wainwright is much less then that at Barrow at this time. Being unable to land on the beach by the village, we had to land "out by the point" on a beach about 2-3 miles from the village. Transportation for myself and my equipment was by dog sled back to the village. But, Horner Bodfish insisted on collecting five dollars for this trip. Before coming to Wainwright I had heard the story of the lemmings dying out last fall from Max Brewer, but now Hugh Crawford (school teacher at who's home I am staying) told the same story. Our last year trapping showed a very high lemming population in the late summer. Apparently soon after this, in the early fall, there was a heavy snowstorm which covered the ground with plenty