Dr Shana Lee Hirsch and Victoria Hunter are sisters who live on an island in Washington State, US. Originally from Fife, Scotland they have spent much of their lives exploring the area; both avid walkers and hikers, they have walked long-distance trails in both Scotland and the western US. Shana Lee is an academic and author at the University of Washington, where her research focuses on energy and conservation technologies. Victoria is an artist and photographer who is well versed in many styles of photography, including documentative, historical, landscape, digital and traditional analogue.