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Echoes of the Sea of Cortez, Part 2

NPR | By John McChesney

Published May 20, 2004 at 9:00 PM PDT

In the second-part of a National Geographic Radio Expedition to the Sea of Cortez, NPR's John McChesney reports on the observations marine biologists have made along the coast, near the City of La Paz. The biologists are recreating the voyage made by author John Steinbeck and marine biologist Ed Ricketts in 1940.

John McChesney

Since 1979 senior correspondent John McChesney has been with NPR, where he has served as national editor (responsible for domestic news) and senior foreign editor. Over the course of his career with NPR, McChesney covered a variety of beats and traveled extensively throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia. His reports can be heard on NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, and newscasts.