Alaska journal, v4433
Page 87
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Macheson 1968 Journal 18 June) additional Pedicia, so I don't think more time in the extractor is the answer. Maybe 40 watt light bulbs would generate more beet. 19 June Barrow, Alaska the 800 samples taken yesterday are located. Processed the haul in the morning, then went out to do halo, tar trangess. Most of the lines are clear now, but no line is completely so. The job takes longer each time - III A-B, IV A+B, back through the lab, then IV+V, I+II before dinner. Gasline Ridge is located with blooming Pedicularis, Salix rotundifolia catkins, Ranunculus, Saxifraga cernua about to bloom. Went out after dinner to finish the job: V+VI, VII+VIII. Still lots of baird activity. It is obvious now that the pterodacts will be another bust. The final evidence: the unbalanced sex ratio - many more ♂♂ than ♀♀ now. this will be a low phalarope year, too, but not as much non-breeding in this sp. No sign of the knots. 20 June Barrow, Alaska Today was Dr. Pitelka's Departure day and the day of initiation of tanglefoot insect traps. Petz and I greased up the boaras and hedero our. At site I found positions #1,2, and 3 still under snow. Set #4,5,6, then went to site II. There, positions 5 and 6 were too wet to set, so we placed #1-4 out on the Betel