Jim O’Donnell is a freelance environmental journalist and conservation photographer. His articles have appeared in Sapiens, BBC Travel, Ensia, Sierra, and Trend, among others. He is the author of Notes for the Aurora Society: 1500 Miles on Foot Across Finland and several works of fiction. Cullen Heater is a freelance writer and photographer from Boston. He is currently based in Panama, where he served as a Peace Corps Volunteer from 2017 to 2019.