On April 15, APU Masters of Science in Environmental Science student David Wolfe presented his Master's research on dammed glacial lakes to to the European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna, Austria.  His thesis research features a study of the largest group of these lakes ever looked and analyzed in one study to yield predictive information on where they occur, and how they change over time.  It also is one of the first to use the ASTER satellite imagery for a large area of Alaska mountain to collect data on glacier-related features.  The research has implications for infrastructure development downstream, such as new gas pipeline routing, as these lakes flood-release catastrophically on a repeating basis.  The $5m damage in the Soldotna area in Jan 2007 is a recent example of flooding initiated by a lake release.

David will defend his thesis here on campus at Carr-Gottstein 102 at 1:30 on Wednesday, April 23rd.

We are happy to announce that after a grueling point tally it was annouced that APU is ranked the top Nordic Ski club in the country! The SuperTour is the national circuit for the United States. Skiers race in races all over the country starting with the season opener in West Yellowstone during Thanksgiving to the very end of the season. Not only did we beat all of the other clubs in the country but we beat the other industry teams including the "Factory Team", "Team Rossignol" and "Fischer/Craft." For those not familiar with the SuperTour, this is the equivalent of winning NCAAs - only at a higher level.

Here is a quick review of the results:

1. APUNSC, 1779

2. Factory Team, 1701 (Salomon)

3. Team Rossignol, 1618

For more information, please check out the article on Fasterskier:

APUNSC Wins SuperTour Team/Club Competition

http://www.fasterskier.com/news5318.html

Be sure to check out the pdf spreadsheet that includes all of the team, rosters, and points!