Day 10: July 14th
It is a foggy morning with many mosquitoes. We break camp and canoe into Teshekpuk Lake. Our group is moving closer to the shore area where Dirk will land. We see three figures on the shore, it’s the young researchers. They had walked three and a half hours to visit. Steffen has bad news to report the King Eider we saw had been eaten by a fox. They could tell by the tracks. Only five of the forty nests he had identified are still viable, which means it had been a very hard year for the King Eiders.

I found out that both Sumy and I were trying to get pictures of the sun going to the east in the morning. I ask if it is foggy most mornings and they say yes. It usually clears by 10am. After a good visit they head back to their camp by way of Wyoming Creek.

Mark uses his GPS to get the positions the pilot had given us. We take our canoes to that area of the beach. The Ally Pack canoes have to be taken apart, cleaned and dried. By the time packing is completed it is supper time.

Mark, Alena and Charles are going out on the first flight tomorrow. Dirk is to be here at 10am.