'The Golden Shore' details a love affair with the sea
Sunday, March 3, 2013 - 03:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Marine conservationist David Helvarg lingers at the California coast to study its history and the ties that bind people to the blue, blue Pacific.Like many California transplants, David Helvarg has repeatedly reinvented himself. He's been a freelance journalist, a television documentary filmmaker, even a licensed private investigator. He seems to have found his true calling with the sea, or more precisely marine conservation. It began in earnest with his 2001 book, "The Blue Frontier: Dispatches From the America's Ocean Wilderness."