Charlotte McConaghy

Once, it was birds who gave birth to a fiercer me.

GREENLAND NESTING SEASON

furred teeth. The

They’re like cheerful toys dotting the hills; everything feels smaller under the gaze of those imperious mountains.

a fireplace crackling in a central pit.

This is a place that makes you very aware of your powerlessness.

idea of following the migration of a bird, the longest natural migration of any living creature. But a will is a powerful thing, and mine has been called terrible.

people left her, and the only way to bear it was
proudly.

I’m studying the last of the Arctic terns.

my husband, who has fought for conservation.