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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...
John J King II
May 6, 20171 min read
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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...
John J King II
Apr 5, 20173 min read
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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...
John J King II
Mar 14, 20172 min read
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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...
John J King II
Dec 9, 20161 min read
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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...
John J King II
Aug 24, 20161 min read
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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...
John J King II
Jun 12, 20161 min read
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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...
John J King II
Apr 7, 20164 min read
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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...
John J King II
Apr 5, 20163 min read
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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...
John J King II
Apr 3, 20162 min read
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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...
John J King II
Apr 3, 20163 min read
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Hakai Pass: Food for the Soul
Took a couple of weeks off from our white shark research activity on Cape Cod to head out to the Pacific Northwest. Great to visit...
John J King II
Jul 31, 20152 min read
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Report from Africa: Ultimate Aldabra
A few weeks ago we foretold of our long anticipated expedition into a remote island group off the African east coast in the southern...
John J King II
Feb 3, 20152 min read
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Wild Cape Cod Notebook: Summer
The summer is now more than half over and the various activities in the wild world here on Cape Cod have been both numerous and exciting...
John J King II
Aug 18, 20141 min read
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Pacific Northwest Signs of Spring
Our time in the Pacific Northwest has been heavy with family and the brand new babies as our previous posts will attest. However we have...
John J King II
Apr 19, 20141 min read
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In the Kingdom of the Snowy Owl
Our winter explorations of the wilderness areas of Cape Cod were taken to a new level this past week. Working with expert tracker and...
John J King II
Feb 8, 20141 min read
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Wild Cape Cod Notebook: Winter
Perseverance has finally paid off in our quest to find the snowy owl and capture some images. There are still reliable reports of these...
John J King II
Feb 2, 20141 min read
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Travel Advisory: Apex Expeditions
Apex Expeditions specializes in one-of-a-kind adventures to explore the world's most fascinating places. Many of you might recognize...
John J King II
Jan 25, 20141 min read
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Patagonia: Magellanic Spring
Our recent posts about traveling in Ecuador and Peru got us to remembering our trek into Patagonia now five years ago. In this "hot stove...
John J King II
Dec 28, 20131 min read
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The Strange Natural World of Chihuly
Garden at the foot of the needle As the winter solstice approaches and the days are ever shorter in the Northern Hemisphere we look for...
John J King II
Dec 9, 20131 min read
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Offshore with the Humpbacks
The blessings of our mild and beautiful autumn weather continue to flow as we have been able to keep our boats in the water and in the...
John J King II
Nov 6, 20131 min read
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