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March 29th 2011

Published: March 29th 2011

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happy penguin day!

Feb 27 2011

With our winter setting in, and the sea ice beggining to form, the penguins around Mcmurdo/Scott Base will soon walk, slide and swim to other places, the Emperors with their shiny new coats of feathers will head SE to their rookeries, to breed all through the polar winter, in horrific weather (for a human anyway). What Natures' purpose in this ritual is I dont know, survival of the fittest maybe? The smaller, knee high animated Adeleis breed over the summer, complete their molt and head North to warmer climes, out to sea, to the edge of the winter ice pack, to stuff their little faces in preparation for the next breeding season.
After a summer of very few penguins, the sea ice blew out, and suddenly we were awash with them! They are fun to watch and hear, they bring life and humor to a place thats often devoid of both.

heres a whole bunch of picks if you enjoy penguins,

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