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<br/><b>Hugh French</b> taught at The University of Ottawa, Canada, in the Departments of Geography (1967-2003), Geology (1982-1992) and Earth Sciences (1998-2003).  He was President of the International Permafrost Association (1998-2003) and Editor-in-Chief of the Wiley Interscience journal <i>Permafrost and Periglacial Processes</i> (1990-2005). The Third Edition of his widely-used undergraduate text, The Periglacial environment, was published in January 2007 STD 692.  He is now Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography, University of Victoria<p><b>Olav Slaymaker</b> taught at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (1964-1968) and at the University of British Columbia in the Department of Geography (1968-2004). He was President of the Canadian Association of Geographers (1991-1992), Editor in Chief of the interdisciplinary journal, <i>Catena and President of the International Association of Geomorphologists</i>.  In 2007 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science honoris causa by the University of Wales.