Beachcombing in Shetland: I’ve travelled the world without leaving home

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Beachcombing in Shetland: I’ve travelled the world without leaving home

When ill health took away my freedom to roam, searching for beach treasure gave me a vital connection to my island home and more distant shoresBefore I had children, my work as a research scientist meant frequent travel. I specialised in nature conservation and discovered that I was pregnant with my first child on a visit to an Ethiopian colleague’s field site in the Bale Mountains. The motherhood penalty in academia is high, and when my husband…