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Caroline Van Hemert

Caroline Van Hemert is a wildlife biologist, high-latitude sailor, and author of the award-winning memoir The Sun is a Compass. When she’s not dodging icebergs or boatschooling her two children, she studies birds and other wildlife in Alaska. Her travel and science writing has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Audubon, Vogue, High Country News, and Outside.

Caroline Van Hemert's Latest Articles

Coast of Unalaska Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
In the Wake of the Storm
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February 26, 2026

A scientist tracks how cuts to federal funding are reshaping coastal communities, research, and species management in Alaska.

By the early 1970s, DDT and other organochlorine pesticides had decimated peregrine falcons across much of their native range. Photo by Knud Falk
The Fleet-Winged Ghosts of Greenland
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January 7, 2025

A mysterious population of peregrine falcons in the Far North has inspired environmental action and scientific research around the world.

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