Kate Sutherland

Kate Sutherland lives in Hatteras NC USA where she is a captain and leader for Seabirding, a company running pelagic birding tours in the Gulf Stream. Since 2016 she has also helped lead the Cahow Experience, a tour in Bermuda to see the highly endangered Bermuda Petrel (Cahow).

 

Kate recently earned her master's degree in marine biology investigating the foraging ecology of the endangered Black-capped Petrel, a gadfly petrel whose habitat is the dynamic Gulf Stream Current. She also works as a researcher at Duke Marine Lab studying Goose-beaked Whales and is fascinated by the ecology and biology of the elusive deep diving beaked whales.

 

She discovered expedition travel while working as a researcher studying Adélie Penguins aboard a voyage to the Ross Sea, Antarctica in 2023. Instantly she knew this was the type of work she was made for! Kate is enthusiastic about the species list and can generally be found with her camera and binoculars on deck or on the bridge getting excited about the latest species to appear! Sharing knowledge about little-known members of our marine ecosystems is essential to their conservation.