Until the Night

Acknowledgements

I think most novelists dream of one day writing a story that requires no research whatsoever. This was not one of them. I owe a considerable debt of gratitude to each of the following.

Janna Eggebeen, Anne Collins and Helen Heller all read the manuscript in its early stages and remained encouraging right through to the final draft.

For help with Arctic science, and with Arctic conditions generally, I am grateful to Richard Logan, Derek Mueller and Robert Sprachman, all of whom read relevant sections.

For details of Arctic medicine, I want to thank Mike Webster and Dr. David Johnson of Wilderness Medical Associates International.

Assistant Crown Attorney Paul Larsh was helpful on matters concerning his office, and Staff Sergeant (Ret.) Rick Sapinski, once again, advised me on police work.

Other technical or historical information was generously provided by Elizabeth Legge.

I am also very fortunate to have the assistance of a miniature Académie française: mes vieux Paul Girard, Breen Leboeuf, Daniel Johnson and Émilie Johnson.

All of the above have spared the reader numerous errors and are in no way responsible for any that remain.

The song Durie somewhat misquotes on this page is “It’ll Be a Breeze” by singer-songwriter George Meanwell.