Contents -- About This Book -- Acknowledgments -- Snow and Life -- Barrow, Alaska -- The Snow Calendar -- Snow Is a Quilt -- Snow and Lemmings -- Snow and Caribou -- Snow and Shrubs -- Snowmobiles -- Snow Crystals -- Condensation Nuclei -- Diamond Dust -- Snowflakes -- Capped Columns -- Water Molecules -- Changing Snow -- October Snow -- Snow Metamorphism -- Three Metamorphic Forces -- Wind -- Snow Saltation -- Blizzards -- Sintering -- Drifts -- Cornices -- Temperature Gradients -- Vapor Sublimation and Condensation -- Depth Hoar Crystals -- Pukak -- Playing on Depth Hoar -- Observing Depth Hoar -- Heat -- Melt Clusters -- Percolation Columns -- Firnspiegel -- Slush -- Snow and People -- Snow Knives -- Snow Houses -- Snow and Disappearing Sea Ice -- Apun Is Life -- Iñupiaq Glossary -- Index.