What is a blizzard? -- Continental and maritime climates -- Movements of air masses in winter -- Ice caps, glaciers, and icebergs -- Reading past weather from ice sheets -- Polar deserts, where blizzards are common -- Louis Agassiz and the great ice age -- Snowblitz -- Snow lines -- Where blizzards occur -- Gales and why they happen -- Hail, sleet and snow -- Freezing rain and freezing fog -- What happens when water freezes and ice melts -- Snowflakes and types of snow -- Wilson Bentley, the man who photographed snowflakes -- Cold air and warm air -- Snowstorms, drifting and blizzards -- Heavy snowstorms and what causes them -- Cold waves -- Ice storms -- Wind chill, frostbite, hypothermia, and snow chill -- Whiteout -- Blizzards of the past -- Will climate change bring fewer blizzards? -- Forecasting blizzards -- Safety.
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