Alaska journal, v4429
Page 565
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Maclean 1966 Pomarine jaegers. Noatak camp was pleasant - in jungle of 15 to 20 ft. willows along large river gravel bar for landing strip. Saw tree swallows flying around camp, and brief glimpse of a warblerish bird. [Forgot - lots of caribous between Barrow and Meade River.] Flew through rainstorms in Brooks Range, but broke into clear by Cape Thompson and landed in time for supper. Camp consists of cook-station leader Fidel Pamplona, mechanic Jim Christman, handyman Rondo Brower, and a buggy U.S. of Hawaii insect collector, Ed Brown. Really a strange bunch - nobody talks, and rarely is any one seen walking. After dinner set out jobbing Sherman live traps - 20 on either side of camp. Mouse sign is general but not too intense - hard to tell in this vegetation. My guess is pre-high. Tom flushed a Microtus oecanomus, but we failed to catch it. Looks promising. Next walked over Crowbill with Ron Brower, with Tom and Ed