Seward

Location - Bear Lake

The ALISON study site in Seward was at the south end of Bear Lake, about 10 km north of the town. Located at the south end of the lake just offshore from Tom Gillespie’s home, the site coordinates are 60.19°N, 149.36°W. Bear Lake was one of the larger lakes studied by ALISON participants – at its widest it is ~0.75 km and at is longest it is ~2.4 km.

A closer aerial view of Bear Lake

An aerial view of Seward on Resurrection Bay, Alaska. Bear lake is located north of the townsite.

People

Austin and Tom Gillespie ran the Bear Lake site from 2006 to 2008. In 2009, Austin's brother Dylan took over running the site with his father.

Tom and Austin at Bear Lake during the open water season.

Bear Lake during the ice season. The lake is situated right behind the Gillespie's home.

During the 2005-2006 winter season, the Bear Lake site was run by Marvin Tapsfield and his class at the Alaska Science Learning Laboratories.

Austin Gillespie (6th grade, Seward Elementary School) and his father, Tom volunteered to run the Seward study site during winter, 2004-05, in Marc Swanson’s absence.

Marc Swanson ran the study site in winter 2003-04 while he was teaching at Seward Elementary School. But then he retired in May 2004 and is currently in the Lower-48.

Kim Morris (left) and Tom Gillespie on the ice at Bear Lake, Saturday 15 January 2005. Tom's son, Austin, ran off before he could be photographed.

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