Distribution and ecology of the marine invertebrates of Point Barrow, Alaska

"The present work was undertaken for the purpose of obtaining as much information as possible on the fauna of Point Barrow. As this is about midway between the areas that have been investigated to the east and to the west, it was a strategic locality for the study of circumpolar distribution of species, and the extension of our knowledge of the Artic marine animal population and its environment far to the westward"--Page 3.