Krista Langlois

Author bio

Krista Lee Langlois is an independent journalist, essayist, and “aquaphile.” She lived in the Marshall Islands in 2006 and now writes about the intersection of people and nature from a landlocked cabin outside Durango, Colorado.

Krista Langlois’s Contributions:

The Symbolic Seashell

Collecting seashells is as old as humanity. What we do with them can reveal who we are, where we’re from, and what we believe.

Oct 22, 2019 | 3,300 words, about 17 minutes

Tattooed Whale, 2016 by Tim Pitsiulak. Screen-print on Arches Cover Black. Reproduced with the permission of Dorset Fine Arts

When Whales and Humans Talk

Arctic people have been communicating with cetaceans for centuries—and scientists are finally taking note.

Apr 3, 2018 | 3,100 words, about 16 minutes

A Sunken Bridge the Size of a Continent

A remote Arctic land may hold a vital missing chapter from human history. The only problem? It disappeared at the end of the last ice age.

Sep 20, 2016 | 3,000 words, about 15 minutes

Fish Helmets Don’t Save Lives

Kiribati’s porcupinefish helmets were more about drama than defense.

Dec 18, 2015 | 550 words, about 2 minutes

An aerial view of Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The independent nation is comprised of 1,200 islands in the Pacific Ocean with an average elevation of two meters above sea level. Photo by Visuals Unlimited/Corbis

Landlocked Islanders

Can Marshall Islanders whose lives are tied to the sea maintain their culture in Oklahoma?

Nov 16, 2015 | 3,900 words, about 20 minutes

Glacier-Fed Life

Scientists are closing in on a whole new way of understanding the importance of glaciers.

Apr 27, 2015 | 700 words, about 3 minutes

Hakai Magazine

Coastal science and societies