It’s hard being a Shetland sheep. Among the smallest of British sheep breeds, it spends its life grazing a rocky, wind-swept island chain off of Scotland’s Northern coast. But hard times create good ...

Capturing the view from Sumburgh Head Lighthouse. From left: A home in Bigton, in Scotland’s Shetland Islands; Lerwick, the archipelago’s main town. That transnational history is also visible in other ...