Blue sky, no fog, snow is clearing. The landing strip on the Jago River was still snow covered. Walt dropped me on the Aichilik River. It's three miles south of the coastal plains, in the hills.
Bigger hills are to the south.
We saw a few small bands of caribou, but no big group. There was one herd of musk oxen slogging through the tundra tussocks. They are beautiful creatures. June 12 Midnight. The sun is due north, about 20 degrees above the icy Arctic Ocean horizon.