Caroline Van Hemert

Caroline Van Hemert is an author, adventurer, and wildlife biologist. Her book The Sun is a Compass: My 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds , won the Banff Mountain Book Award for Adventure Travel and was cited as one of the best outdoor books of 2019 by Outside , Bustle , and Forbes . With her husband and two young sons, she divides her time between a cozy home in downtown Anchorage and a remote, off-the-grid cabin near Haines, Alaska.

Caroline Van Hemert is an author, adventurer, and wildlife biologist. Her book The Sun is a Compass: My 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds , won the Banff Mountain Book Award for Adventure Travel and was cited as one of the best outdoor books of 2019 by Outside , Bustle , and Forbes . With her husband and two young sons, she divides her time between a cozy home in downtown Anchorage and a remote, off-the-grid cabin near Haines, Alaska. See less