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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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    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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    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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    Return to Wild Patagonia: Orcas!
    John J King II
    • Apr 5, 2017
    • 3 min

    Return to Wild Patagonia: Orcas!

    When I had the good fortune to meet conservationist, and orca researcher Juan Manuel Capello in South Africa four years ago and learned...
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    Humpbacks on the Silver Bank
    John J King II
    • Mar 14, 2017
    • 2 min

    Humpbacks on the Silver Bank

    Late winter and early spring in the Caribbean waters between the southern Bahamas and the Dominican Republic means that North Atlantic...
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    Wild Southeast Alaska: Spring Abundance
    John J King II
    • Jun 12, 2016
    • 1 min

    Wild Southeast Alaska: Spring Abundance

    During the spring each year an amazing natural spectacle unfolds in Southeast Alaska. Creatures as large as humpback whales and as small...
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    Wild Patagonia: Of Condors and Cats
    John J King II
    • Apr 7, 2016
    • 4 min

    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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    Antarctica: The End of the Earth
    John J King II
    • Apr 5, 2016
    • 3 min

    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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    Spring in the Shadow of Mt. St Helens
    John J King II
    • Apr 3, 2016
    • 2 min

    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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