“Where the Earth Meets the Sky is an elegant and insightful memoir set in seemingly bleak and featureless Antarctica but made rich and textured through the sharp eyes of Louise Blight. There is serious work being done here—a study of penguins, a study of humans—but also humour, curiosity and reverence for every creature who spends their days and lives trying to make sense of this beguiling corner of the world.” —Harley Rustad, author of Lost in the Valley of Death

“Louise Blight paints a vivid portrait of a harsh and unforgiving landscape in Where the Earth Meets the Sky, succeeding in making the inhospitable seem inviting. Surrounded only by penguins—and a few lovable curmudgeons—Blight weaves a captivating memoir of a field season spent on the White Continent. Full of scientific curiosity, and equal parts illuminating prose and wry humour, Where the Earth Meets the Sky is a wonderful addition to Antarctica’s rich literary history, told from the unique perspective of a wildlife biologist. . . . A heart-tugging requiem for Antarctica’s imperiled penguins.” —Gloria Dickie, author of Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future

“Stunning. Part love story for the wildest place on Earth, part meditation on what we’ve lost, Louise Blight combines a scientist’s clarity and rigour with an artist’s appreciation of landscape and language to create a hauntingly beautiful depiction of her season studying Adélie penguins at a remote Antarctic field station. Where the Earth Meets the Sky gives us brilliantly rendered sketches of people, place and penguins; fascinating, funny, insightful—and occasionally bizarre—details of an isolated, stripped-down life and its effect on those who live it; an ultimately positive personal trajectory; and a powerful testimony to the vital importance of the Ross Sea as the most intact marine ecosystem on Earth.” —Kate Rawles, author of The Life Cycle

“Louise Blight presents an intriguing theatre of emotions, a fascinating world of highs and lows where ice, humans and birds interact. At the centre of this evocative book is a small team of dedicated scientists and their support crew surviving in the cold, snowy, windswept wastes, while studying these amazing and lovable birds. But it is the small community of academics and support crew, isolated at the end of the world, which provides a fascinating mix of harmony and conflict. The wonder, beauty, and tragedy of nature meet human love, fear, and dispute. A fascinating story of the family life of penguins and those who study them.” —Brian Hall, author of High Risk

“Where the Earth Meets the Sky vividly chronicles the experience of working in Antarctica in a moment of profound change, capturing not just Blight’s delight in the penguins she studies, but also the strange isolation and intense closeness of life in the most remote place on Earth and the transformative power of the landscape. Deeply felt and expansive, it is a reminder that science is, at its heart, a deeply human endeavour.” —James Bradley, author of Deep Water: The World in the Ocean

“There is so much to praise about Louise K. Blight’s multi-layered account of her season as a researcher on Ross Island, but for me there are two standouts: her lyrical portrayals of Antarctica’s ever-changing skies, landscapes, ice and weather; and how she brings us deeply into the world of Adélie penguins, and her interactions with them. Her description of skiing back to camp alongside curious penguins tobogganing on their bellies will never leave me.” —Maria Coffey, author of Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow and Instead