Kachemak Currents: March 26, 2022 By Matt Strobel Published March 30, 2022 at 3:16 PM AKDT Listen • 4:00 Ways To Subscribe Apple Spotify German botanist Georg Wilhelm Steller explored coastal Alaska in the 18th century, and was the first non-native to document six species, including the Steller's Jay and the now extinct Steller's Sea Cow.