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.
Learn more about the SeaBank Initiative.
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.
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.