Dr. Jerry Toupin has travelled around North America and Europe. He has lived in various cities across Canada and taught at universities across the country, including 25 years in the department of Earth Sciences at the University of Alberta. Passionate about the concept of winter, he published 45 articles and 10 books while at the U of A, and he worked for Environment Canada, for departments in the Federal Government and for private companies doing fascinating research on the topic of winter, and he has included the results of his research in this book.