Alaska journal, v4223
Page 75
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Holmes,R 1959 Journal 3). 17 July Barrow, Alaska Spent working on specimens, etc. The weather was very windy with some snow flurries. 18 July Barrow, Alaska A.T.C.S. was checked during the morning. The Footprint Lake was again clicked during the entire afternoon and evening. A Calif. Gray Whale, 9, was killed and brought in at 1500. By 1800 when we arrived there it was sluffed up and little could be seen. 14 July Barrow, Alaska. The morning was spent so.1 Footprint Lake, and the afternoon was gone watching another whale (gray) being cut up. Lic and barnacles were collected and she was locating freely. It was nearly 45 feet long. 20 July Barrow, Alaska The jaeger nests were checked, and one was fended in. Weather windy, but clear. A trip was made out almost to Nuvuk. Two old walrus carcasses were found and also several dead Pallid Murrees.