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Dennis J. Edgell
Dennis J. Edgell is a professor of Geography at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. His background is in climatology, and he also has an interest in cultural geography and the geography of popular culture. Dr. Edgell teaches courses in introductory geography, weather and climate, and regional geography. Dr. Edgell freely shares teaching materials in support of this paper on his private (non-university) teaching blog “From Equatorial Icecaps to Polar Deserts” on WordPress.com.