ALISON Introduction
Students from ACSA are participating in a project entitled ALISON, the Alaska Lake Ice and Snow Observatory Network. The project is headed by Dr. Martin Jeffries, Research Professor of Geophysics, at the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks. It is designed to include teachers and students from around the state in a research project studying lake ice, snow and conductive heat flow in the State of Alaska. ACSA is one of a handful of Alaskan schools included in the project. Over the course of the past two winters, students have been collecting data on snow depths, temperature readings, and ice thickness. For more information about the project, check out the ALISON web site.
.  Students thought that drilling into ice bubbles would be a lot easier, so they did. What they and the adults discovered was the gas was pressurized and came out of the ice like a geyser, shooting up ice shavings. Pretty cool discovery!	ACSA students enjoy getting outdoors.
Over the winter, beautiful fractures appear in the ice	Our ice study site experiences a lot of wind, so little snow accumulation occurs over time
Setting Up the Study Site Pictures and Info
Data Collection
Ice Thickness	Snow Density
Snow Depth & Base Temperature
Additional pictures
Nome Data
Excel files Nome Compiled Data     12/05/03  12/12/03  12/18/03  01.06.04 01/14/04 01/22/04 01/30/04 02/04/04 02/12/04 02/19/04  02/25/04  03/04/04 03/09/04 03/16/04 03/26/04  04/03/04  04/05/04
Plans for 2004-2005
Collect & Identify Aquatic Organisms	Assess Water Chemistry