Featuring Day 1 of my journey from North Carolina in the USA to landing in Victoria, BC., the traditional territories of the Lkwungen. Things take a strange turn right from the start. Episode features long distance activist swimmers, a marine naturalist/author and a well known orca.
In this episode we hear from long time marine naturalist and author Barry Swanson. He wrote The Lost Frequency. That interview dives into what happened to Tahlequah, also known as "J35". She is an orca who lives in the Salish Sea. As soon as I landed I discovered something shocking. At that same time I was headed to Salt Spring Island, BC in the traditional territory of the Saanich, Cowichan, and Chemainus First Nations., to meet with Rama DelaRosa who was doing a Swim for the Salish Sea. Rachael Merrett from the Georgia Strait Alliance also makes an appearance in explaining what's going on with the orcas living in the Salish Sea.