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Marcus Sedgwick

Jonathan Firth

Katrin Williams

Julian Wilkinson

Snow by Marcus Sedgwick: 2. Science

Snow

2. Science

Snow by Marcus Sedgwick

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Snow by Marcus Sedgwick, 2. Science

A meditation on snow by writer Marcus Sedgwick.

Marcus Sedgwick’s meditation on snow looks at snowflakes and the phenomenon of 'diamond dust'. Read by Jonathan Firth.

Of all weathers, snow is the one that has always affected the author Marcus Sedgwick the most.  

Five years ago, he and his partner bought a mountain house, an old chalet d’alpage high in the Haute Savoie of eastern France.   

In this episode, Marcus considers the science of snow and what 'makes' a snowflake and the phenomenon of 'diamond dust'. 

He also remembers the snowy winters of his childhood in Kent and the infamous cold of 1963. 

Abridged by Katrin Williams

Read by Jonathan Firth.

Producer: Julian Wilkinson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2016.

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