Denali Education Center
(formerly the Denali Foundation)
Location
Nenana River (McKinley Village)
The McKinley Village study site is at the Denali Education Center (formerly the Denali Foundation) on the Nenana River at Mile 231 Parks Highway. The 10-acre (4-hectare) Denali Education Center 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.
The Denali Education Center site is located on the Nenana River (blue astrid).
