Sterling

Location - Scout Lake

The ALISON study site in Sterling was on Scout Lake at 60.5335°N, 150.8491°W, just south of the Sterling Highway about 1.5 km west of Sterling Elementary School. The site was located at the west end of the pond just offshore from Allan Miller’s home. At the opposite end of the lake is a small State Park. Scout Lake is ~900 m long and ~300 m wide.

Looking west across Scout Lake, Sterling, on a beautiful Wednesday 12 January 2005, when the wind was calm and the air temperature was –23°C.

A winter satellite image of Scout Lake.

People

The ALISON study site in Sterling was run by Allan Miller and his 6th grade students at Sterling Elementary School. Originally from upstate New York, Allan has been teaching in Alaska for 18 years, most of them in Sterling. He and his wife Joan are avid skiers and they rganized the ski events for the Arctic Winter Games in Kenai in 2006.

Some Sterling Elementary School 6th grade students having their first experience of making snow depth and temperature measurements (center), and taking snow samples (left) at Scout Lake on Friday 14th, January 2005.

Data

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