D25K

Kavik River, AK, USA

Operated by: Alaska Earthquake Center

Latitude: 69.322 N

Longitude: -146.3751 W

Elevation: 2526.2 feet (770 meters)

Installed: 2016

Instrumentation at this station includes:

broadband seismometer

meteorological package

Infrasound sensor

Soil temperature probe

D25K was installed in 2016 as part of the temporary USArray project and integrated in 2020 into the permanent Alaska network as part of the National Science Foundation-sponsored Alaska Geophysics Arctic Observing Network project. Wildlife is a challenge: this station has suffered bear damage multiple times. During one site visit, the field team discovered a smaller animal (possbly a wolverine) had damaged the borehole lid, resulting in a sensor frozen in the borehole. D25K is generously hosted by our partners at the Alaska Department of Natural Resources and the North Slope Borough.