Monomoy: A Family's Generational Love Affair with Chatham, Cape Cod's Outer beaches
At this time of year, affectionately dubbed "Septober" by my mother, I find find myself drawn to memories and stories of my families time...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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