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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: 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...
John J King II
Sep 28, 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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Wild Cape Cod Notebook: Winter Approaches
Our work with the Massachusetts White Shark population study is winding down with only a couple of weeks to go to the end of the field...
John J King II
Oct 21, 20152 min read
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Wild Cape Cod Notebook
The last six weeks of summer have been a blur of intense activity on the Outer Cape Cod area. Emotional highs and lows and the awe of...
John J King II
Sep 12, 20153 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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Close Encounters of the Shark Kind II
Heartfelt thanks to the Nickerson Art Gallery in Chatham, to all those who turned out for our reception last night and to those of you...
John J King II
Jul 12, 20151 min read
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Close Encounters of the Shark Kind: An exhibit of original photographs
With Discovery Channel's Shark Week fast approaching, the adrenaline in this household is starting to increase with anticipation as it...
John J King II
Jul 3, 20151 min read
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Wild Cape Cod Notebook: Spring on the Water
On the outer Cape as most Cape Codders know, spring comes later than on the mainland. Sea temperatures are cool from the long winter and...
John J King II
Jun 19, 20151 min read
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Finding the Last Dragons: Great Whites in South Australia
Apologies to those of you who regularly check in on this blog. We have been remiss in posting for many weeks. Lots to catch up on. For...
John J King II
Jun 7, 20154 min read
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Djibouti & the Horn of Africa
Continuing our 9-week African odyssey in East Africa we had the opportunity to explore Djibouti with our great friends and amazing...
John J King II
Mar 8, 20152 min read
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North Atlantic Humpbacks in Winter
For the 4th consecutive year we made our way south out of the frigid New England winter to spend time with our friends at Aquatic...
John J King II
Feb 23, 20152 min read
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Report from East Africa: Lake Tanganyika
Our African Odyssey continued in Tanzania as we ventured by small plane south and west to the shores of Lake Tanganyika and the Mahale...
John J King II
Feb 12, 20154 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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African Odyssey Unfolds
We= just wrapped up our field work on Cape Cod working with the Massachusetts White Shark Team as the cold winds of winter start to blow...
John J King II
Nov 11, 20143 min read
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