Dive to sea floor, climb peaks of regional volcanoes

After being sidelined by COVID-19 in 2020, the popular Friends of the Salish Sea lecture series is back on the big screen in Anacortes.

Florian Graner, world-renowned diver, biologist and cinematographer, kicks off Lecture Series 2.0 with “Beneath the Salish Sea,” 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15. Graner enthralled a lecture series audience in 2012.

Graner is the founder of Sealife Productions, a wildlife documentary production company. A Ph.D. marine biologist specializing in marine mammals, he brings extensive subject knowledge to his cinematography.

His wide-ranging credits include the Monterey Bay e...