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An Earth Month author talk with Louise K. Blight
A stunning work of natural history, science, and polar travelogue, Where the Earth Meets the Sky chronicles one woman's journey to study penguins in Antarctica, the most isolated place on the planet. And it's a story about how the world’s most unforgiving environment has shaped the psyches of Antarctica’s human visitors, past and present—and how nature can heal the human soul.
Antarctica is a land of extremes. It is the coldest, windiest and most inaccessible part of our planet—and now one of the places most affected by climate change. In this moving and personal narrative, conservation biologist Louise K. Blight recounts her summer studying Adélie penguins on isolated Ross Island with pioneering penguin biologist David Ainley, documenting how the region’s penguins are being affected by the world’s largest-ever iceberg.
A Different Drummer Books will be on site with books for sale and signing after the talk.
Presented in collaboration with Penguin Random House Canada and A Different Drummer Books
Louise K. Blight is a conservation scientist with a PhD in zoology from the University of British Columbia. An adjunct professor at the University of Victoria’s School of Environmental Studies, she is also co-chair of the birds specialist group of the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, the expert national body that assesses threatened species. She lives on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.
Borrow Where the Earth Meets the Sky from our collection
If you need an accessibility accommodation during this program, please register early so we can confirm arrangements a few days before your visit.
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