Gerhard PohleGerhard Pohle was born in Bayreuth, Bavaria, to a German father and French-speaking mother. He spent his childhood in Indonesia, Madagascar, and India, returning to Germany intermittently due to his father's occupation before eventually putting down oots in Canada. A lifelong fascination with water and marine life led him to become a marine biologist, and after a rocky start to his schooling he graduated from the University of Toronto with a PhD. Doctor Pohle spent his professional career at the Huntsman Marine Science Centre in New Brunswick as a researcher, curator, manager and director.

A career writing scientific literature pivoted, on retirement, into writing about his formative years. When not preoccupied with his large-scale model railroad or landscaping his property in Atlantic Canada, he indulges his passions for travel and motorcycling.

Gerhard, his wife, Irene, and their two Weimaraner dogs live near St. Andrews by-the- Sea, in a home overlooking the St. Croix River at the ocean. Read More Read Less