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MacLean
1966
combine with census data to give
Tipula "standing crop".
Spends the rest of the evening
preparing materials for trip to
Fairbanks and work at the U. of A.
24 August
Barrow to Fairbanks, Alaska
Had to stay close in the morning
for the flight which finally got away
after lunch. Flew with Harvey
Widler in a Cessna 180. [His
pig of a girlfriend was mad because
she didn't get to go.] Flew
low for the first hour or so. Saw
lots of caribou, one flock of ca.
25 black brants - no owls, no
jaguars. Several flocks of shorebirds
could not be identified. Went up
above clouds, then landed at
Anaktuvuk to deliver drum of
white gas. It was rainy but
warm in the Pass - people as
friendly as ever. Only a brief
stop, then off again, flying low.
The hardwoods below timberline
were in beautiful fall colors. It
is funny that the Anaktuvuk
people could move but a few
miles to be at timberline with