AM 890 Homer, 88.1 FM Seward, and KBBI.org: Serving the Kenai Peninsula
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Kachemak Currents

Kachemak Currents is a natural history program produced by the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies. The program covers a wide variety of subjects, all sharing the common theme of "the natural history of the Kachemak Bay area."

Ways To Subscribe
Latest Episodes
  • Puffins belong to the Alcid family, and there are two species of puffins in Kachemak Bay, Horned and Tufted
  • Georg Steller was the first to publish descriptions of at least six species found in Alaska, including the extinct Steller's Sea Cow
  • Hoarfrost is frozen water vapor, forming on cold, calm nights, changing from a gas to solid ice, skipping the aqueous state entirely
  • Rock Sandpipers are a small bird that have adapted to withstand Homer Alaska's challenging winter
  • The grouse is in the same bird family as the turkey
  • Cloud-cover, snowfall, elevation, and Kachemak Bay
  • The Kenai Mountains host all three Ptarmigan species year-round
  • Lichens can be found in almost every biome on the planet, including some of the most extreme
  • Shelter and rest allow insects to survive until Spring