Read about Martin and Kim's previous stop on their Kenai Peninsula trip - Sterling.

Martin demonstrates some ALISON equipment for Cheryl Schey's class.

Cold and windy weather on Thursday 13 January also stymied our plan to take Cheryl Schey's students to Marathon Pond to make measurements and collect snow samples. Instead, we practiced using the snow probes and samplers just outside Cheryl's classroom at Kenai Middle School. Then, when school finished at 2:30 pm, Cheryl went out to Marathon Pond with us for a personal lesson in making measurements and taking samples on the ice.

Marathon Pond is City of Kenai property that is leased by the University of Alaska Anchorage for its Firefighting and Safety program (PRISM). Cheryl deserves applause for patiently working through the bureaucratic maze required to obtain permission to use the pond.

Read about Martin and Kim's next stop on their Kenai Peninsula trip - Seward.