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Holmes, P.R.
1961
Journal
25 June Barrow, Alaska
Today was clear - with patches of fog -
& wind up to 20 mph.
26 June Barrow, Alaska
Spent all day in lab doing insect
sorting. Weather - overcast with
a light N. wind. Mucel & Chamberlain
went to Wainwright - Dave returned
with the plane with the report that
lemming syn was gone. In the
evening I drove to Woolsley
Sloyl - very few birds were seen.
27 June Barrow → Iqaluit, Alaska
Left lab at 0800 - arrived at the wangle at 0845.
Very little seen on the way down - no redbacks.
When I arrived here at the lake, I found a
eskimo family camped between the plot
& the lakeshore - at stroke 12. The kids were
running around with sleigh dogs, etc. - so
I believe the plot is finished for the
summer. The census was extremely
poor - very little was seen. The weather
was overcast & a cold, nippy N. wind
was blowing. It snowed at short
intervals throughout the day. I came
down across the No. end - 1 Dr.
Sloley, over the ridge into the lowland
south of footprints. Here a [illegible]