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Louise K Blight
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Louise K Blight

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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. Louise lives on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, with her partner, their dog, and two indoor cats.

Books by Louise K Blight

Where the Earth Meets the Sky

A stunning work of natural history, science, and polar travelogue, Where the Earth Meets the Sky is a chronicle of one conservation biologist’s time in Antarctica, the most isolated place on the planet.

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