Martin Renner

Martin started watching birds at a young age. He has a Ph.D. in Biology after studying Marine Science, Zoology in his native Germany, New Zealand, and Canada. He has worked with birds around the world, from the tropics to the poles. Most of his research has focused on the evolution and ecology seabirds, including terns, alcids, petrels, and penguins. Research expeditions have taken him to many remote locations, including New Zealand's subantarctic islands, Antarctica, the Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea, Northwest Passage. He considers it a special privilege to have worked on some of the most untouched places in world. He has published numerous scientific papers, as well as co-authoring a book on penguin biology. When not at sea, he works for NOAA on the marine ecology of Cook Inlet. He is a true generalist with a burning passion for the cold, isolated places on the planet, both because of the stunning beauty, but also because of the rich natural and cultural history that is found here, among ice and rock. Today Kasper lives together with his Alaskan huskies in Oslo, Norway, his first time in ten years south of the Arctic Circle.

Martin lives in Homer, Alaska, with his wife and two children. When there is spare time, you may find him sea kayaking in Kachemak Bay, or on unusual bicycles, be it on the roads of France or on Alaska winter trails.

Martin is always on the lookout for something new or familiar, big or small, but usually feathered.