Writer:	Jeffrey Willerth
Recurring Role:	Max Raphael (Narrator)

Commentators:

Kenneth Libbrecht, PhD
Professor of Physics, CalTech

Thomas H. Painter, PhD
Research Scientists, National Snow and Ice Data Center

Gannet Hallar, PhD
Director, Storm Peak Laboratory

Ian McCubbin
GeoEngineer, Storm Peak Laboratory

Jeff Proteau
VP/Director of Operations, Telluride Ski Resort

Stephen R. West
Snow Making Plant Manager, Steamboat Ski Resort

Craig Sterbenz
Snow Safety Director, Telluride Ski Resort

Ed La Chapelle
Professor Emeritus, University of Washington

Dale Atkins
Avalanche Rescue Expert

JuJu Jullien
Distributor, Avalanche Airbag ABS system

Aaron Mentkowski
Meteorologist, WKBW-TV

Charles Morgante
Regional Director of Operations, NYSDOT

Patrick Manicki
Driver Operator, NYSDOT

Leonard Cheff
Operator, NYSDOT

Robert Davis, PhD
CRREL Director and Research Scientist

James Lever, PhD
Mechanical Engineer, CRREL

Sally Shoop, PhD
Research Civil Engineer, CRREL

Mary Albert, PhD
Research Mechanical Engineer, CRREL

Genevieve LeMoine
Curator, Perry-MacMillan Arctic Museum

Ed Huesers
President, Grand Shelters
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Narrator: A single snowflake showcases nature’s wonder, combined they flaunt its fury. Snow can stop a city in its tracks and let thrill seekers make their own. Scientists can create individual flakes in the lab while ski resorts make billions of them to stay in business. It wields the power of sudden death and its demise nurtures a new season. Now: Snow, on Modern Marvels. (edit)

Snowpack produces 75% of water supply for western U.S. states. (edit) The first U.S. patents for snow plows were issued in the 1840’s. (edit) The largest snow crystal formed inside a laboratory took one and a half hours to grow and was approximately one inch in diameter. (edit) Each year avalanches claim more than 150 lives worldwide. (edit) Each year more than 10 blizzards occur in the continental United States (edit)

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