Logbook 1, Transmission 6. Even rainforests have sunny days. It’s time to put on your hiking boots and climb a SeaBank watershed. Along the way, learn about the relationship between watersheds and Southeast Alaska’s ultimate ecosystem engineer: salmon. But prepare yourself—you’ll also encounter the well-kept secret of transboundary mines. Test a tailings pond for heavy metals and hear news headlines from the 2014 Mount Polley Mine breach. Southeast Alaskans are fighting back, and so can you. Enjoy mixed water noises, footsteps on gravel, and cheerful whistling.

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, guided by a trusted radio operator. Voice narration weaves in and out of rich audio effects to create an immersive experience that is both educational and spellbinding. Listeners will learn about the wild and silvery nation of migrating salmon, ancient trees, and the human communities who find refuge among them. A project of the Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust, The SeaBank Chronicles is written, hosted, and produced by Beth Short-Rhoads.

Logbook 1, Transmission 5. Travel to the SeaBank’s deepest realm—the Gulf of Alaska. Start by examining a photograph of an icy glacial plume where it crosses the coastal boundary, then consider the mystery of why Southeast Alaska’s offshore waters are among the most biologically productive in the world. But danger lurks, too. Learn how industrial trawling threatens food security and Indigenous cultures, depletes fish stocks, and exacerbates climate change. Sounds include rushing rivers, bubbling phytoplankton, and the perils of unchecked technology.

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, guided by a trusted radio operator. Voice narration weaves in and out of rich audio effects to create an immersive experience that is both educational and spellbinding. Listeners will learn about the wild and silvery nation of migrating salmon, ancient trees, and the human communities who find refuge among them. A project of the Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust, The SeaBank Chronicles is written, hosted, and produced by Beth Short-Rhoads.

Good news from your radio operator. You receive a supply box in this transmission—pilot bread, chocolate, and the latest research in carbon science. Weather patterns are changing across the world, including the SeaBank. Yet scientists are hopeful about the carbon-sequestering might of Southeast Alaska. Discover why cool, wet temperate forests like the SeaBank contain the world’s most influential carbon sinks. Wrap yourself in the sounds of marine radio weather reports, seabirds, coastal winds, and scientists at work.

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, guided by a trusted radio operator. Voice narration weaves in and out of rich audio effects to create an immersive experience that is both educational and spellbinding. Listeners will learn about the wild and silvery nation of migrating salmon, ancient trees, and the human communities who find refuge among them. A project of the Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust, The SeaBank Chronicles is written, hosted, and produced by Beth Short-Rhoads.