Christopher Pollon

Christopher Pollon is an independent journalist covering the environment, business and the politics of natural resources. He is the author of The Peace in Peril: The Real Cost of the Site C Dam (Harbour Publishing, 2016).

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Researchers tap salmon DNA to decode marine mysteries

Looking back, Christoph Deeg admits he didn’t know what he was getting into when he accepted a job on a high-seas expedition in the dead of winter on the RV Professor Kaganovskiy.

State Of The Animal

By Christopher Pollon in Features | January 20th 2020

Investigating salmon mysteries on the high seas

On a late night last February, oceanographer Brian Hunt walked onto the deck of the RV Professor Kaganovskiy and looked out upon the unseasonably calm waters of the Gulf of Alaska. What he saw in the night ocean surprised him.

State Of The Animal

By Christopher Pollon in Features | December 16th 2019