The moors that winter were often under a crust of snow not enough to blanket them in white, but a mean, dirty frosting on the hard earth and wilted shrubs.

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Many Alaskans revel in the biting air and the pure white of the winter landscape, not to mention the skiing, ice-climbing and snow machine-riding.

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But he is approaching a winter storm that includes rain, showers, thunderstorms, thunderheads, snow and possible icing that makes changing course not only desirable, but advisable.

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