Field notes: Alaska, v4401
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E. M. Brock 1958 Journal July 16 Pitt Point, Alaska it so that we would come up to Pitt to sample the drinking water. Therefore today we filled sample bottles of drinking water from two different lakes. Tomorrow, an L.V.T. trip to a winter water supply lake 10 miles away, will be made. July 17 Checked traplines in the morning and not a thing caught. Left station site at about 1030 in an L.V.T. with "Gus" driving and a passenger, Jack Bittman. Tim and I were to go to the winter water supply lakes to take water samples. We traveled along the coast [illegible] in a westerly direction until we reached the old eskimo village site. Shortly beyond these houses, we came upon some lakes covered with about 500-600 flightless, smolting pintails. We turned inland and headed for the two large lakes. After we sampled one lake we headed for the other. In between these two lakes we came across a [illegible] sabine gull colony of about twenty nests plus one arctic tern nest and one Pacific loon nest. These were located on an island in a large Arctophila lake. (see page 2) Looked at more lemming nests found and still no dead lemmings visible.