An anecdotal narrative of an Alaska resident's winter (starting in July, ending in June). Along the way, history and science are briefly explored; the list of references is several pages long. The book hasn't enough of either to be lumped into those categories - it is more travelogue than anything else.

Started this thinking non-fiction cold might get me reading fictional cold (Dan Simmons The Terror) again. Didn't work. Will also delay reading Streever's Heat - suspect it will be more of the same.