My name is Sophie Elliott and I hail from the UK which feels quite literally on the other side of the world from Midway Atoll!
I have an MSc in Conservation Science from Imperial College London, and I have been working with seabirds around the world for 10 years, conducting research, monitoring, hand-rearing and translocations. Seabirds are just the BEST; I love their noise, smell, feistiness and the truly stunning places they inhabit to breed. Some of the most incredible places I have previously worked are Mauritius, Mexico and The Galapagos. I am so grateful to have been given the opportunity to work on Midway; the Atoll, the community and of course the birds are honestly like nowhere else.
Article written by Sophie Elliott