William L. Quinton has studied in the Canadian Arctic since 1987, and in the Taiga Plains since 1991. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada. In 1999, he established the Scotty Creek Research Station, where he has led several major research studies in the southern Northwest Territories focused on the impacts of permafrost thaw on basin hydrology and ecosystems. As part of these studies, he has drawn to Scotty Creek, a world-class interdisciplinary research team to address complex scientific questions on how climate warming affects northern ecosystems. He has served as the Co-Director of the Cold Regions Research Centre, and recently also served as the President of the Canadian Geophysical Union-Hydrology Section, and National Representative to the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, and to the Northern Research Basins Working Group.