Frank Pope (born 13 May 1973) is the chief executive officer for

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(STE). After studying zoology at the University of Edinburgh he began his career in marine science before joining The Times newspaper as the world's only Ocean Correspondent (between 2008 and 2011) to cover the fast-changing science, environment and geopolitics of the sea and help increase visibility of the crisis facing marine ecosystems. During this time he published two books, Dragon Sea (Penguin, 2007) and 72 Hours (Orion, 2011) and hosted the BBC Series Britain's Secret Seas. After joining Save the Elephants in 2012 Pope helped establish the Elephant Crisis Fund (a joint initiative between Save the Elephants & the

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), supporting more than 58 different partner organisations across Africa and the world in conducting over 180 projects in the realms of anti-poaching, anti-trafficking and demand reduction. An experienced bush pilot, Pope is married to

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, daughter of STE founder

Iain Douglas-Hamilton Iain Douglas-Hamilton (born 16 August 1942) is a Scottish zoologist from Oxford University and one of the world's foremost authorities on the African elephant. In 1993, he founded Save the Elephants, which is dedicated to securing a future fo ...

. They live in Kenya with their three children. In 2015, they made the BBC Natural History Unit series ''This Wild Life''.

Maritime Archaeology

Pope worked on maritime archaeological projects in

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, the

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and

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on wrecks including the ''San Salvador'', '' Graf Spee'' off

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and

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's flagship HMS Agamemnon in Uruguay, ''Princess Louisa'' in Cabo Verde and the ''San Sebastian Wreck'' in Mozambique. In Vietnam, Pope worked on the Hoi An Wreck, the subject of his book, Dragon Sea: A True Tale of Treasure, Archeology, & Greed.

References

External links

Dragon Sea home page - information on the Hoi An excavation

Sunday Times Magazine feature on Frank Pope: Best of Times, Worst of Times

Times Feature: Old Father Thames Gives Up His Secrets - a description of wrecks in the ThamesFrank Pope official webpageSave The Elephants
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