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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...
John J King II
Oct 8, 20213 min read
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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...
John J King II
Apr 30, 20202 min read
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Report from Yellowstone: Winter in the Super-volcano
Winter wildlife inside the world's largest super - volcano, Yellowstone National Park.
John J King II
Mar 4, 20202 min read
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Postcard from Costa Rica
Birding trip to Costa Rica yields some gems.
John J King II
Feb 26, 20201 min read
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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...
John J King II
Jan 16, 20202 min read
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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...
John J King II
Jan 15, 20203 min read
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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...
John J King II
Oct 6, 20192 min read
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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...
John J King II
Aug 8, 20191 min read
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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...
John J King II
Oct 4, 20182 min read
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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...
John J King II
Jul 8, 20182 min read
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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...
John J King II
Jun 9, 20182 min read
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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...
John J King II
Apr 15, 20184 min read
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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...
John J King II
Jan 27, 20182 min read
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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...
John J King II
Dec 30, 20171 min read
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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...
John J King II
Aug 27, 20171 min read
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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...
John J King II
Aug 16, 20172 min read
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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...
John J King II
May 22, 20171 min read
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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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