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Naalcan
1969
Journal
(22 June) my field notes. Saw bairdii still displaying
right over Barrow village.
23 June
Barrow, Alaska
In on the man-haul. Decided to put
our tanglefoots for a 2-day run to desynchronize
with soot samples, then go to 3-day periods, so
I cleaned and prepared a set of boards. Sorted
the remainder of the last set of soot samples,
then went out with Dave. Found a large
number of new pectorals inaus around
Central Marsh. Collected 4 of these. At
tanglefoot site II put our the boards and
collected 8 soot samples from Central Marsh-
sites II-5 & II-6. Back to site I (Micro-
Mer). there we put our boards and did a
census of lemming nests. Collected a pair
of pectorals near there. Drove in to
change soot samples and process
specimens, then went into Barrow to
spend the evening at the Walakatuk.
24 June
Barrow, Alaska
Still a bitter, cold wind. Spent the
morning sorting soot samples and cleaning the
next set of tanglefoots. After lunch Dave and
I went out to census lemming nests around
traplines III and IV. Lots of sign there, but few
nests. Found a flock of ca. 30 melanotos - most
or all not; collected 5. Also collected a