During the festival, musicians from the Friendly Islands performed ancient songs that enchanted everyone.

A Marshall Islander taught our class about traditional canoe-building techniques during the cultural exchange.

The endemic plants of the Mascarene Islands evolved in isolation over millions of years, creating unique ecosystems found nowhere else.

Our research team traveled to Baffin Island to study its glacial geology.

Ellesmere Island is home to dramatic polar landscapes and ancient ice caps that scientists study to understand climate change.

By the time the highway bypass opened, our little hog island had been forgotten by everyone but the locals.

The conservationists studied the fragile ecosystems of the remote hog islands to plan their restoration project.

We spent the summer exploring the tidal islands along the rugged coastline, timing our visits with the ebb and flow of the sea.

The Kuril Islands play a strategic role in the fisheries and shipping routes of the North Pacific.

We took a boat to the Westman Islands to watch the puffins nesting on the rugged cliffs.