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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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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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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John J King II
- Dec 9, 2016
- 1 min
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
- Aug 24, 2016
- 1 min
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
- 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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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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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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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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John J King II
- Apr 3, 2016
- 3 min
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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John J King II
- Jul 31, 2015
- 2 min
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...
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John J King II
- Feb 3, 2015
- 2 min
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...
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John J King II
- Aug 18, 2014
- 1 min
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...
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John J King II
- Apr 19, 2014
- 1 min
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...
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John J King II
- Feb 8, 2014
- 1 min
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...
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John J King II
- Feb 2, 2014
- 1 min
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...
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John J King II
- Jan 25, 2014
- 1 min
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...
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John J King II
- Dec 28, 2013
- 1 min
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...
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John J King II
- Dec 9, 2013
- 1 min
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...
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John J King II
- Nov 6, 2013
- 1 min
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...
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