Providing a comprehensive review of our understanding of the small, high latitude weather systems known as polar lows, Erik Rasmussen and John Turner describe the climatological distribution of these depressions. They cover observational investigations into their structure, the operational forecasting of polar lows and the theoretical research into why they develop. They also discuss the experiments that reveal that some polar lows can be predicted. This book is of value to researchers and professional weather forecasters concerned with polar regions.

It began as a bizarre murder which the media dubbed the Dungeons & Dragons Murder. A young woman is murdered at night in her home with a spear while her husband and large dog are sleeping feet away. Initial assumptions of the husband's guilt drive the investigation into a narrow avenue directed solely at him. No evidence is found to connect him to the crime but by the time the police realize this, the investigation is left with no place to go. Unwilling to admit their errors and bias and unable to go back and collect overlooked evidence, the police are left with a purely circumstantial case...