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The Juneau Tour: <i>Scientific American</i> Alaska Cruise, Part 3

Science Talk

Scientific American

Science

4.2644 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2014

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Scientific American Bright Horizons Cruise 22 arrives in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 31st, which allows us to post audio from a fascinating taxi trip through Juneau on August 28th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming.

0:02.3

Hiya.

0:02.9

So, Benny has really blossomed this term.

0:05.6

You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay.

0:09.6

Oh, that's not quite what I meant.

0:11.1

It's free to sell on there?

0:12.3

Free to sell?

0:13.4

Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket.

0:16.8

You sold my guitar?

0:19.9

Shall we talk about Benny?

0:22.1

When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't help but say when it's eBay.

0:26.7

Things people love. T's and Cs apply, exclusive vehicles.

0:30.5

Hi, Steve Murski here for Scientific American Science Talk.

0:34.7

We're still on our Alaskan cruise with Bright Horizons. It's Bright Horizons

0:39.7

number 22. For more information, you can go to scientificamerican.com slash travel. And we're

0:47.5

sitting just outside the harbor. Really, we're in the harbor in Anchorage, Alaska. We're very close to the pier here, but we were supposed to actually be tied up to the pier

1:02.3

by 7 o'clock this morning, Alaska time.

1:05.1

It's now 1026, and we're not quite safely tied up yet,

1:12.7

apparently because of a combination of some strong currents,

1:16.6

and there's big tides here.

1:18.9

There's apparently a 30-foot tide differential possible every day.

1:26.3

And so we're just waiting until it's safe. There's, there was a tug

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