#115 - Sarah Youngren: Live from Midway Atoll

Storytellers of STEMM

Today's storyteller is Sarah Youngren! She was one of my earliest guests, and a friend of mine from when I was in grad school. In her first episode, we talk about her life as a seabird biologist, which involves "migrating" to different remote areas throughout the year. Sarah and her partner Dan Rapp regularly work out in the Pacific on islands and on Aiktak Island in the Aleutians. Sarah and Dan have been out on Midway Atoll since November, and today actually is their departure day. So they've been on Midway for months doing seabird research, primarily with Laysan Albatross and Bonin Petrels. In this episode we're going to hear some audio of the birds at Midway, my conversation with Sarah, and I'll end the episode with a longer audio clip that Dan recorded. You can also hear birds in the background of the conversation, which I love. I called this episode "live from Midway Atoll" but really it's not live, but it will sort of sound like it because of all the wonderful bird sounds. So up first in this episode is a few minutes long clip of seabirds on Midway Atoll, and you'll primarily hear the Laysan Albatross, Then stay tuned for my conversation with Sarah. Following our conversation is a longer audio segment of what it sounds like in the early morning on Midway Atoll amongst the birds. Enjoy!

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You can find Rachel Villani on Twitter @flyingcypress and Storytellers of STEMM on Facebook and on the shiny new Twitter account @storytellers42.

You can find Sarah Youngren on Instagram @syoungre and her website, and in Episode 7!

You can find Friends of Midway Atoll on Facebook and their website.

Recorded on 21 March 2021.