Hakai Magazine Audio Edition

by Bathsheba Demuth • The Svalbard Archipelago was uninhabited until humans came searching for resources. A historian follows their tracks. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Cathleen O’Grady • It’s locals versus industry in the country’s kelp wars.   The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Sarah Tory • The tale of a notorious fishing vessel shows just how difficult combating illegal activity at sea can be. The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Lorraine Boissoneault • Fueled by agricultural runoff, rotting seaweed on Brittany’s beaches is becoming an environmental and public health emergency. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Ann Finkbeiner • Jane Lubchenco helped change the field of ecology by making the science useful to society. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Christopher Pollon • Remembering one of North America’s last whaling stations. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Jill Neimark • The discovery of a legendary, lost shipwreck in North America has pitted treasure hunters and archaeologists against each other, raising questions about who should control sunken riches. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Brian Payton • Awesome in theory, often messy in practice. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Larry Pynn • One man’s spirited commitment to an underappreciated bird. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Sonali Prasad • After the devastation of the 2004 tsunami, aid agencies promised to rebuild Indonesia “better.” Fifteen years later, their failures are all too obvious. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Sasha Chapman • Moving burial grounds before the sea takes them away is painstaking and expensive. Why do we do it? The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Andrew Nikiforuk and Amorina Kingdon • The history of influenza as a global disease is inextricably tied to steamships and the expansion of world trade. A war demonstrated how big a pandemic could get. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Greg Noone • A tiny, uninhabitable islet in the North Atlantic has become an unlikely battleground in the fight for fishing rights. The original story, along with video and photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Krista Langlois • 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. The original story, along with video and photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Alastair Bland • A loophole in California law is letting fishers who repeatedly catch great white sharks off the hook. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Larry Pynn • A necropsy carried out on a remote British Columbia beach seeks to answer how a young humpback died. The original story, along with video and photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

This week we bring you something slightly different: the first episode of Hakai Magazine's first podcast! Did you know ship ballast from the United Kingdom built Manhattan? Or some of it. This was one of the enticing tidbits that got us very interested in ballast and we decided to delve in. A podcast on ballast? Sure, why not! If you like what you hear, subscribe to Ballast wherever you listen to podcasts. You can learn more about the Ballast podcast at hakaimagazine.com/ballast-podcast/.

by Larry Pynn • A Second World War-era shipwreck is a haunting reminder that you can never fully clean up an oil spill. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Brian Payton • More and bigger cruise ships are crowding coastal destinations. When is enough, enough? Who gets to decide? The original story, along with photos, can be found onhttps://www.hakaimagazine.com.

by Sarah Gilman • A tiny Alaskan island faces a threat as deadly as an oil spill—rats. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.