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<b>PRESS RELEASE<br>
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RELEASE
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:<br>
August 2,
2016
Teresa Izzo<br>
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tizzo@ccmnh.org<br>
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The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents<br>
<i> Naturescape Gallery <br>
Close Encounters of the Ocean Kind; a Photographic Journey<br>
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</i> John J. King ll<br>
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BREWSTER, MA Naturescape Gallery at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural
History is proud to present photographer, explorer, author, and Chatham
conservationist John King<b> September 1<sup> </sup>through October
31<sup>st</sup> 2016.<br><br>
</b>John King has been fascinated with the natural movements of wildlife,
of all species as they make their yearly and sometimes bi-yearly
migrations going about their business of life around the planet. Cape Cod
is a unique laboratory to observe birds, marine mammals, fish and even
insects in pristine natural surroundings and why he has chosen to live
here.<br><br>
Ever since the ground breaking BBC documentary <i>Planet Earth
</i>debuted in 2007 featuring the astounding white shark breaching
imagery shot in South Africa, King has been obsessed with seeing this
absolutely perfect apex predator in the wild. This obsession has taken
him around the world to South Africa, Mexico, and South Australia to
observe study and record the behavior of sharks, especially white sharks,
over the past seven years. Imagine his absolute joy to wake up one day in
2009 and learn that these predators actually occur here on Cape Cod! Life
has not been the same since that moment. <br><br>
John is an entrepreneur with a diverse resume, who has strong ties to
Cape Cod that span many generations. He has been pursuing a lifelong
passion to experience and record the earth’s wild places and wild things
through his photography. Locally he is the skipper of the <i>R/v Aleutian
Dream</i> which is facilitating the white shark population study
currently being conducted by the Massachusetts Shark Research Program
with support from the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy in outer Cape
waters. He is also a co-founder together with his wife Pam, of The Common
Flat Project, a conservation organization dedicated to creating awareness
of the importance of earth’s biodiversity especially on Cape Cod. Their
first book entitled: <i>Wild Cape Cod, Free by Nature</i> was published
by Schiffer Publishing in 2012.<br><br>
<b> Free with Museum Admission / September hours: Daily 11am – 3pm /
October hours: Wed. – Sun. 11am – 3pm<br>
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Teresa Izzo<br>
Program Coordinator<br>
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History<br>
869 Main St./Rte. 6A<br>
Brewster, MA 02631<br>
508-896-3867 x137<br>
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