Denali
Foundation
Location
Nenana River (McKinley Village)
The McKinley Village study site is at the Denali Foundation on the Nenana River at Mile 231 Parks Highway. The 10-acre (4-hectare) Denali Foundation campus lies on the southern bank of the river and looks across to the eastern edge of Denali National Park. Located at 63.656°N, 148.835°W, this is the first ALISON site to be put on river ice.
The frozen Nenana River seen from the Parks Highway at ~10:30 am,
16 January 2006. The ALISON study site is a short distance downstream,
beyond the point where the river disappears round the bend.
The dark patch in the lower right quadrant is open water.
