White Plague

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I owe many people thanks for their generous help during the research, writing, and editing of this novel.

At the U.S. Coast Guard, thanks to Admiral Thomas Ostebo, to Captain John Reeves of the icebreaker Healy, to Marcus Lippmann, and to the crew of that icebreaker. Thanks for a great trip.

Thanks to retired General Dana Atkins of the U.S. Air Force. At the Navy, to Robert Freeman, once again, and to Lieutenant Commander Jason Weed, and to David Fisher, retired, all of whom put up with lots of questions. At the U.S. Marine Corps, thanks to Captain Tyler Balzer.

Several magazine editors gave me assignments in the Arctic over a three-year period. I’d like to thank Daryl Chen and Janice Kaplan at Parade, Carey Winfrey of Smithsonian, Dawn Raffel at Reader’s Digest, and Chris Keyes at Outside magazine.

In Barrow, Alaska, thanks to Edward Itta and Richard Glenn, and also to David Harding, formerly of Barrow.

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