Hakai Magazine Audio Edition

by Moira Donovan • They’ve roamed free for hundreds of years, but is that freedom harming the ecosystem they call home? The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Taras Grescoe • Quebec’s Magdalen islanders face a stark choice: resist, adapt, or give in to the ravenous sea. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Boyce Upholt • Our long history of constraining the river through levees has led to massive land loss in its delta. Can we engineer our way out? And at what cost? The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Brendan Borrell • Urban beaches around the world have less garbage than remote beaches, but less life too. The City of Santa Monica hopes to change the image of a clean beach. Originally published in July 2018, the story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Marina Wang • Naming leads to knowing, which leads to understanding. Residents of a small British Columbia island take to the forests and beaches to connect with their non-human neighbors. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Sam Keck Scott • A chance encounter with a rare phenomenon called a milky sea connects a sailor and a scientist to explain the ocean’s ghostly glow. The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Chloe Williams • Keeping people out of rip currents is more about reading human behavior than reading warning signs. The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

The Race to Alaska is one of the most grueling at-sea races, taking participants from Port Townsend, Washington, to Ketchikan, Alaska, as they navigate complicated currents, narrow rocky channels, and inclement weather. The premise is simple: travel more than 1,200 kilometers with no motors, no support, and a USD $10,000 award waiting for the winner. Racers prepare sailboats, kayaks, paddleboards, or any manner of non-motorized vessels for a chance to put their paddle to the mettle in the ultimate marine race. But what drives people to take on such extreme adventures? In this special episode Hakai Magazine editor Jude Isabella and guests discuss what compels people to undertake extraordinary pursuits at sea. Guests are adventure psychologist Paula Reid, who has spent 10 months racing a yacht around the world and skied to the South Pole; Karl Krüger, the first person to complete the Race to Alaska by paddleboard; and Douglas Smith, who is entering the Race to Alaska for the first time this year. If you prefer

by Ashley Braun • In the US Pacific Northwest, tribal hatcheries uphold Indigenous communities’ treaty rights to salmon, while buying time to rehabilitate lost habitat. This is final part of our special four part editorial package on salmon hatcheries. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Vanessa Minke-Martin • As wildfires, droughts, and floods deal a blow to coastal habitats, wild salmon are disappearing from waterways like California’s Russian River. Can conservation hatcheries save endangered runs? This is part three of our special four part editorial package on salmon hatcheries. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Miranda Weiss • Evidence is mounting that pink salmon, pumped by the billions into the North Pacific from fish hatcheries, are upending marine ecosystems. This is part two of our special four part editorial package on salmon hatcheries. The original story, along with photos and map, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Jude Isabella • From their beginnings in the late 19th century, salmon hatcheries have gone from cure to band-aid to crutch. Now, we can’t live without manufactured fish. This is part one of our special four part editorial package on salmon hatcheries. The original story, along with photos and map, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Egill Bjarnason • In Iceland, traditionally a land of cat lovers, bans and curfews are redefining the human relationship with domestic cats. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Aldyn Chwelos • This motor-free ocean race—with vessels ranging from paddleboards to pedal-assist sailboats—is less about how fast you can go and more about whether you get there at all. The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Paul Tullis • A murky world of shell companies, flags of convenience, and end-of-life flags allows companies to dodge accountability and dispose of ships cheaply. The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Cynthia Barnett • The first and only queen conch hatchery and nursery run by local fishers is poised for duplication across the Caribbean—but even if conch farming can help ease overfishing, can it survive in warming, storm-lashed seas? The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Daniel Wood • Could the survival of millions of migrating shorebirds depend on the preservation of humble marine biofilm? Originally published in November 2016, the story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Saima Sidik • We can thank microbes for moving carbon to the depths of the ocean, but will our changing world mess with their good work? And should we intervene? The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Jude Isabella • The Indigenous people of Tierra del Fuego were once relegated to historical oblivion. Now, archaeologists are helping them pursue deeper stories about their ancestors. The visually stunning original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Andrea McGuire • Taking inspiration from science fiction, a small company on the Island of Newfoundland aims to revolutionize what we do with garbage. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.