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tered from the dangerous force of the winds. The power of the winds 

 is shown by the wind erosion of the high rocky pinnacles above Kan- 

 gomavik, by many large old dimes along the river, and by the f un-ow- 

 like depressions on the surface of old dunes now covered with vegeta- 

 tion. In the Killik Valley these old and at present fast-building dunes 

 are spectacular. From early June to mid- August storms are rare and 

 in July the weather has often been the most delightful I have expe- 

 rienced. 



North of the timbered southern slopes snowfall is sparse, probably 

 not over two feet in winter, and it is usually drifted and compacted 

 nearly but sometimes not quite hard enough to bear a man's weight, 

 so that small snowshoes are in common use. Many exposed areas 

 are blown free from snow, thus clearing the vegetation for the caribou 



