Maclean 1968 Barrow Journal June Barrow, Alaska Went out to Drum Area to check longspur traps. Saw 2 pair of semi-pals; no bairdii yet. Edna went to work with the group of M.D.'s from (I think) Univ. of Washington - here to check the eyes of people in the village. this involves (of course) a conference with Dr. Brewer. In the afternoon drove out to the North end of P's plot. He worked South to census the plot; I worked No, then west along the ridge to sample habitat available for lesoing. Did this by setting a line toward some landmark and walking a transect, taking stations at 10 m. (pace) intervals, until I ran out of exposed tundra, then changing directions and repeating. Took about 175 stations this way. I think the data are good, although I should not limit myself to one area. There was a burst of alpina activity at P's plot, but lees on the other arm of the ridge. In the evening drove out the Gaswell road. Right near the gaswell buildings a portion of So. Footprint lake was exposed. There, a newly arrived flock of ca. 25-30 alpina, one melanostas