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Each language has its own words for the magical and hypnotic flakes that fall from the sky. In this exquisite exploration of snow, writer and arctic traveler Nancy Campbell, author of the acclaimed The Ice Library, delves into the meanings of fifty snow words. In Japanese we meet yuki-onna, a "snow woman" drifting across the frosty land. In Icelandic we have hundslappadrífa, "snowflakes as big as a dog's paw". And in Maori they speak of Huka-rere, "one of the children of rain and wind". From mountaintops and frozen seas to urban parks and desert foothills, each of these linguistic snow crystals offers a world of myth and story.