Get to Know A Whale Researcher!

I don’t know what I would do without it."

What types of clothing do you like to wear?:

"I like to wear something not too tight. I mostly wear stuff bought in second hand shops, because there you can go treasure hunting."

What do you like to do in your free time?:

"I love to dance! I dance in a West African dance troupe with live drums. Apart from that, I also really enjoy winter bathing in the ocean."

What language(s) do you speak? How do you say "Hello" in your language?:

"My mother tongue is Danish, where you say ‘hej’ to say "hello". I also speak English, can have simple conversations in German and understand a bit of Spanish."

Do you have pets?:

"No, unfortunately I’m allergic to basically everything with fur."

Have you traveled? Where have you traveled to?:

"I lived in Greenland for a year and a half with my family, traveled in Central America for three months with a friend and did field work in Australia for three months. Apart from that, I have been to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, China, Croatia, England, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Norway, South Africa, Spain and Sweden for shorter trips."

What do you do for work?:

"In Denmark we get paid to study, so I don’t have to work to pay my rent and food. I am a student, and for my project, I worked in Australia helping to study humpback whales."

Is there anything else you would like to say to students in the United States?:

"Travel the world as much as you can and get experience talking to different people from different places."

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