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30 August 1951

Mr. Ralph Steiner

Damp Superintendent

Uniat, Alaska
Dear Ralph:

This will introduce James Bee and Knox Jones, two of the men
who have been working out of the ARL this summer. Thep wish to do some
trapping of mammals in the vicinity of Umiat for a few days under a per-
mit issued by the Fish and Wildlife Service in order tocarry out the terns
oftheir contract with the Office of Naval Research.

I will appreciate your kindness if you ean give these men a bit
of help on transportation from Umiat out three or four miles to a camp
site where they can operate without being in your wey and where the activ-
ities of the camp will not have refuced the small mammal population. All
they will need will be weasel transporation from the Umist cempf to a
site of their choosing, where they and their gear will be deposited by
your weasel operator, then, at the time determined in their conversation
with you, a weasel to run out and take them end their gemr back to Umiat
so they canreturn to Barrow. It is my understanding that Mr. Jones will
return to Umiat with only his personal gear by foot a few days defors
Mr, Bee breaks camp at the end of his collecting season.

I think the above ig about what Jim Dalton hae set up with you
for the visit to the Gmiat region by these two men. If not, please feel
free to modify the details in ac@ rdance with your communications with Jim.

Dorothy sends her regards to Devie. Best wishes from us both.

Very sincerely,

Ira L. Wiggins
Scientific Director