Be transported through the living science of Southeast Alaska’s coastal rainforest with The SeaBank Chronicles. In 7-minute transmissions rich with immersive audio effects, you’ll groundtruth terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems guided by a trusted radio operator. Discover ancient forests, a wild and silvery nation of salmon, and the human communities finding home among them.
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Welcome to Season 2 of the SeaBank Chronicles!
Listen to Season One here.
Do you copy? Weather data shows it's a beautiful day in the SeaBank. Pull out your snorkel and prepare to dive in. Sponsored by Southeast Alaska Conservation Council.
In this transmission about Alaska's coastal rainforest ecosystem, you’ll combine a snorkeling excursion in SeaBank waters with an immersive economics lesson on negative externalities. While floating amid the sounds of seagulls and bell buoys, encounter phytoplankton and other inhabitants of the marine food web—along with the realities of aquatic pollution like PAHs, sulfates, nitrates, and heavy metals released by cruise ships that use open-loop scrubber technology. Luckily, your pack contains a dry towel plus a pollution solution with room for both the economic benefits of tourism and a healthy Southeast Alaska environment. It’s all about a switch from low-quality heavy fuel oil to cleaner-burning marine gas oil, which any vessel employing a marine scrubber can easily do 100% of the time.
For more information on marine scrubbers and sustainable cruise ship tourism, visit Southeast Alaska Conservation Council.
That noise? It's your helicopter. Put on your headset and climb aboard! This trip to Canada's boreal forest is sponsored by Salmon Beyond Borders.
Step aboard the Coho Cruiser helicopter for a flyover of the Taku River watershed, a 4.5-million-acre transboundary salmon stronghold that connects the SeaBank and boreal forests of northern British Columbia. Learn why this ecosystem is a global hotspot for salmon production (hint: it’s wild as all get-out) and how it’s expected to change the face of salmon resilience in western North America. Witness the ill effects of transboundary mining and the positive side to climate change—emerging glacial streams that will likely expand prime salmon habitat on the West Coast. Who is watching over these lands and waters? Tribal entities on both sides of the political border. Join them by listening to this episode of the SeaBank Chronicles, then learn what you can do to protect the Taku as an official salmon stronghold at https://salmonbeyondborders.org/take-action.
The SeaBank Chronicles is a natural sound theater transporting you through the living science of Southeast Alaska. Combining facts and mystery, each 7-minute episode delivers listeners to Alaska’s coastal rainforest to groundtruth terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Immerse yourself in rich audio effects woven with lush voice narration for an experience that is educational and spellbinding. A project of the Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust, The SeaBank Chronicles is written, hosted, and produced by Beth Short-Rhoads.
When in doubt, just keep listening.
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What's your boot size? There's a pair waiting in your Stikine River jet boat. This birding adventure is sponsored by Audubon Alaska.
Step into another universe during the Stikine River Shorebird Festival, which takes place near the SeaBank outpost of Wrangell each year in late April. You’ll travel a 27,000-acre intertidal delta to reach an otherworldly expanse of silvery mudflats where shorebirds—including enchanting murmurations of western sandpipers—gather for a nutrient-dense feast during their migratory journey to northern breeding grounds. But it’s not crustaceans or worms those sandpipers are pecking at in the mud. What is this mysterious substance? Find out as you immerse yourself in the sounds of flocking birds, flowing water, and a musical symphony that invites your ears to take flight. Don’t forget your Xtratufs!
The SeaBank Chronicles is a natural sound theater transporting you through the living science of Southeast Alaska. Combining facts and mystery, each 7-minute episode delivers listeners to Alaska’s coastal rainforest to groundtruth terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Immerse yourself in rich audio effects woven with lush voice narration for an experience that is educational and spellbinding. A project of the Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust, The SeaBank Chronicles is written, hosted, and produced by Beth Short-Rhoads.
When in doubt, just keep listening.
Gunalchéesh, háw'aa, and nt'oyaxsn to the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian people for stewarding the lands and waters of Southeast Alaska since a time beyond human memory.
The SeaBank Chronicles is produced by
the Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust and is
written, hosted, and produced by Beth Short-Rhoads.
Thank you to our funders: The Walton Family Foundation, The Edgerton Foundation,
and Southeast Alaska Conservation Council.