CAPT. ROBERT A. BARTLETT 
GREENLAND EXPEDITION of 1938 
Under the Auspices of 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
AND CLEVELAND MUSEUM 
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Field Notes for Etah, August 2, 1938: 
We put into Etah for about 4 hours on the afternoon of August 2 • 
Ray Hellmann and I isent in the whaleboat to the head of the fjord at 
the foot of Brother John’s Glacier where we found a beautiful, warm 
sheltered spot. The temperature must have been more than 60 F. on the 
edge of the pond sheltered by the surrounding high cliffs and glacier. 
The weather was warm and sunny. 
(1) Eider, Northern: 
Many females and young were seen near the head of the fjord. 
(2) Gull, Glaucous: 
Numerous Burgomasters were seen flying high over the cliffs. 
(3) Dovekies: 
A common breeder in the cliffs of the fjord. 
(4) Guillemot, Mandt’s: 
Numerous small flocks were feeding in the fjord. 
(5) Raven, Northern: 
A few were seen flying high about the tops of the cliffs. 
(6) Snow Bunting: 
A very few were seen at all. 
I found the wing of what I believe was from a Baird’s Sandpiper, 
and also found a feather that could only have come from a Gyrfalcon. 
Lying on some grass, I found the egg of a Snow Bunting that looked as if 
it had been pecked open by some other small bird. 
List ofSpecimens taken : 
6 Mandt’s Guillemots (4 ad-c^, 2 ad«^ 
The stomachs of these birds were preserved for the United 
States National Museum for which I also collected 3 bottles of microscopic 
life and one bottle of insects. 
Rupert Bartlett made his usual collection of flowers ashore at 
Etah itself. 
