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MacLean
1967
Journal
9 June] next Friday and back next Saturday. Went
into town to relay this information. Learned that
Joe Jr must report for the Navy on 11 July,
so we will try to move the date up to
8 July - one week earlier.
0 June
Barrow, Alaska
Weather more typical of early June-
a cold wind of 15+ knots from the East
and a layer of ice on melt ponds.
Went out to gasoline area near Micro
Mer with Pitelka to photograph.
Finished color film in camera and shot
1/2 rolls of black and white (Plus X). In
one location I was lying down shooting
at the edge of the snow where a
lemming runway went under the snow
when a lemming appeared in the opening.
Shot about 1/2 roll of him. We drove
it out, and it turned out to be a juvenile
Dicrostonyx. Yesterday's village sample
includes a Dicrostonyx, and at least 2
were caught locally during the winter.
They seem to be up - traplines II & III
should tell us.
More lemming sign was visible
in areas recently exposed. Sign is
quite spotty, but not scarce. Tagers are
still becoming territorial, and Owl next