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    Postcard from the Super Volcano: Yellowstone in Spring
    John J King II
    • May 22
    • 3 min

    Postcard from the Super Volcano: Yellowstone in Spring

    Lower Falls, Yellowstone River Spring heralds the season of renewal and youth and it may be the most precious time to visit Yellowstone...
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    The Lady, the Poet and the Revolutionary: Our Portuguese roots
    John J King II
    • Mar 28
    • 5 min

    The Lady, the Poet and the Revolutionary: Our Portuguese roots

    The Lady, the Poet and the Revolutionary, Portuguese Roots - Part I As children we often visited our King grandparents at their home on...
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    Coastal Brown Bears in the Shadow of Alaskan Volcanos
    John J King II
    • Oct 8, 2021
    • 3 min

    Coastal Brown Bears in the Shadow of Alaskan Volcanos

    In September, after sixteen months, our long covid induced sequester at home finally came to an end. I took a calculated risk and left...
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    Report from Patagonia: The Orca Hunters of Punta Norte
    John J King II
    • Apr 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    Report from Patagonia: The Orca Hunters of Punta Norte

    The times are uncertain and troubling at the moment. People are really suffering as a result of covid - 19 and it appears that the worst...
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    Report from Yellowstone: Winter in the Super-volcano
    John J King II
    • Mar 4, 2020
    • 2 min

    Report from Yellowstone: Winter in the Super-volcano

    Winter wildlife inside the world's largest super - volcano, Yellowstone National Park.
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    Postcard from Costa Rica
    John J King II
    • Feb 26, 2020
    • 1 min

    Postcard from Costa Rica

    Birding trip to Costa Rica yields some gems.
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    Report from Down Under: White Sharks were Missing
    John J King II
    • Jan 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    Report from Down Under: White Sharks were Missing

    Large female white shark photographed in May 2015 during the late fall of the Southern hemisphere. It was to be a historic gathering of...
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    Report from Down Under: Carnage and Suffering under Fire
    John J King II
    • Jan 15, 2020
    • 3 min

    Report from Down Under: Carnage and Suffering under Fire

    I am late in reporting on the journey to South Australia which was both exciting (a first visit to a remote location) and frustrating in...
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    Report from the Kingdom of Tonga
    John J King II
    • Oct 6, 2019
    • 2 min

    Report from the Kingdom of Tonga

    We traveled over 30 hours to reach the lovely and remote Vava’u island group, the northern most islands in the Tonga Archipelago. Long...
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    Cape Cod Offshore searching for Bluefin tuna
    John J King II
    • Aug 8, 2019
    • 1 min

    Cape Cod Offshore searching for Bluefin tuna

    Had the chance to jump on the F/v "Ari Two" with our good friend Armin this week to try for bluefin tuna. Couldn't pass it up since most...
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    North to Alaska: Report from Polar Bear Heaven
    John J King II
    • Oct 4, 2018
    • 2 min

    North to Alaska: Report from Polar Bear Heaven

    Our second expedition into the wild to find polar bears in 2018 took us to the far northeast corner of Alaska into the Arctic National...
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    Arctic Summer: Journey to the Top of the World
    John J King II
    • Jul 8, 2018
    • 2 min

    Arctic Summer: Journey to the Top of the World

    It was a difficult decision to separate from our white shark research project assignment on Cape Cod and venture to the Arctic for two...
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    Wild Amazonia: Report from the Rainforest
    John J King II
    • Jun 9, 2018
    • 2 min

    Wild Amazonia: Report from the Rainforest

    We arrived in the bustling metropolis of Manaus a couple of days ahead of our group to begin our first exploration of the vast equatorial...
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    Postcard from Patagonia: Adventure in the Wild South
    John J King II
    • Apr 15, 2018
    • 4 min

    Postcard from Patagonia: Adventure in the Wild South

    The predawn hours at Estancia La Ernestina during the month of March are often very cool with temperatures around 5 - 8 degrees Celsius...
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    Fire & Rain: Exploring Costa Rica's Mountain Rainforests
    John J King II
    • Jan 27, 2018
    • 2 min

    Fire & Rain: Exploring Costa Rica's Mountain Rainforests

    Frozen inlets and sub freezing temperatures have been the order of day this winter on Cape Cod. After spending wonderful time with family...
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    Ten Years After: A Decade of Adventure
    John J King II
    • Dec 30, 2017
    • 1 min

    Ten Years After: A Decade of Adventure

    As the last dark winter days of December slowly fade from view we are reflecting on not just the past year’s highlights but those of the...
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    Wild Cape Cod Notebook: Summer Bird Migrations
    John J King II
    • Aug 27, 2017
    • 1 min

    Wild Cape Cod Notebook: Summer Bird Migrations

    We took a break from our field work tracking and photographing white sharks here on Cape Cod to head to a favorite birding spot on...
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    Wild Cape Cod Notebook: Summer White Shark Research Report
    John J King II
    • Aug 16, 2017
    • 2 min

    Wild Cape Cod Notebook: Summer White Shark Research Report

    Our summer adventures here on Cape Cod have once again been breath taking and the time has passed quickly. As in the previous 3 years we...
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    Report from SE Alaska: Bald Eagle “Top Gun” School
    John J King II
    • May 22, 2017
    • 1 min

    Report from SE Alaska: Bald Eagle “Top Gun” School

    On our recent trip to SE Alaska to observe the annual herring spawn spectacle (previously reported on) we made more than 5000 images of...
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    Wild Southeast Alaska: Lights, Camera, Action!
    John J King II
    • May 6, 2017
    • 1 min

    Wild Southeast Alaska: Lights, Camera, Action!

    Spring in Southeast Alaska is signaled by rapidly increasing daylight, robust waterfalls from melting snow and seasonal rains as well as...
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