It's been 43 years since the death of Skana, the world-famous orca experts believe changed the way people viewed killer whales and spurred a global movement in whale conservation.
The worsening effects of climate change are compounding the historical loss of British Columbia's old-growth forests, says the co-author of a new paper that shows decades of logging on the province's Central Coast targeted the highest-value forests first.
What continues to haunt Robison and crews, are the signs of life that washed up on BC. shores far from the tsunami s ground zero.
Among the typical marine debris found along the B.C. shoreline, such as beverage containers, Styrofoam and hard plastics, crews also found parts of homes, hundreds of shoes, and a fishing vessel as well as toys and household items. Japanese officials helped sort the flotsam for identifying marks, intent on repatriating items. We came along a lot of personal items and we were able to return some of these items, Robison says. The most unique item was a Shinto figure, a good luck charm, which was a little wooden figure, which is now on display at the Vancouver Aquarium.