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John J King II
Jun 1, 202310 min read
Annals of Former Times: White Sharks in the Neptune Islands
Life comes at you hard and fast and one must be ready for unexpected opportunities. A magnificent Great white shark near North Neptune...
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John J King II
Apr 30, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20201 min read
Postcard from Costa Rica
Birding trip to Costa Rica yields some gems.
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John J King II
Jan 16, 20202 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20191 min read
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
Apr 15, 20184 min read
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
Dec 30, 20171 min read
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, 20171 min read
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, 20172 min read
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, 20171 min read
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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John J King II
Dec 9, 20161 min read
Wild Places and Wild Things: 2016 in Review
Autumn is in full swing here on the elbow of Cape Cod and it is a time for transition for most observers of the marine natural world in...
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John J King II
Sep 28, 20161 min read
Wild Cape Cod Notebook: At the Equinox
The languid and steamy summer that we enjoyed on Cape Cod has transformed into cooler autumn weather pattern with ever more easterly...
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John J King II
Aug 24, 20161 min read
Wild Cape Cod Notebook: Summer - Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge and the Atlantic White Shark Conse
Summer is a siren that woos us on Cape Cod each year here into a state of contentment with warm breezes and sunny days and spectacular...
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John J King II
Apr 7, 20164 min read
Wild Patagonia: Of Condors and Cats
Fresh from an amazing expedition deep into the ice of Antarctica I hit the dock in Ushuaia, Argentina, head spinning, with one last...
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John J King II
Apr 5, 20163 min read
Antarctica: The End of the Earth
More than two years ago I learned that my friend Ted Cheeseman was planning to bring a team of mammal researchers led by Ari Friedlander...
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John J King II
Apr 3, 20162 min read
Spring in the Shadow of Mt. St Helens
Thirty six years ago Mt St. Helens exploded. For about sixty days the volcano had been giving clues of a pending event - starting with a...
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John J King II
Apr 3, 20163 min read
Wild Patagonia: Peninsula Valdez
Once each year for about 6 weeks a unique spectacle of nature occurs in a remote part of Argentina's wild Atlantic coast. In the...
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