
SnowSTAR-2012: Convergence
About the Author: Matthew Sturm first came to Arctic in 1973 aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Northwind. He is now the Senior Scientist at the U.S. Army Cold Regions Laboratory-Alaska where he studies snow and climate. He is the author of Apun: The Arctic Snow (University of Alaska Press), A Teachers Guide to Arctic Snow (University of Alaska Press), and Finding the Arctic, a science adventure travel book available in June from the University of Chicago Press. He can be reached at matthew.sturm@usace.army.mil.

SnowSTAR-2012: Convergence

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