Emperor Penguins, Snow Hill Island, Antarctica Oct. 2010, PART - 2
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UPLOADED 29 DECEMBER, 2010 TIME
UPLOADED 29 DECEMBER, 2010 TIME 4:42
The largest and most enigmatic of the penguins, the majestic Emperor is the only animal to breed in the harsh, cold, dark Antarctic winter. As recently so well depicted in the film 'March of the Penguins', when the Antarctic spring sun finally returns, the female Emperors return from the sea to relieve the males, who have spent the winter huddled together on the ice, incubating their single egg on their feet. These unique Icebreaker voyages plan to visit Snow Hill Island, in the northern Weddell Sea in early spring, when the chicks are starting to be fed by both parents. Watch and photograph their daily lives at close range, the adult's greeting and courtship displays, communal crèches of chicks, adults tobogganing on their bellies and you may even see them shoot in and out of the sea at the ice edge! The icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov will approach to the area as close as it can get allowing for ice and weather conditions and then three days are planned with the Emperors themselves, flying in close to the colony by helicopter and then a walk to the birds themselves. The planned landing site is 2.4kms (1.5miles) from the colony. All operations will be conducted with the welfare of the colony (estimated to be 4000 pairs) first and foremost and strict rules on passenger conduct at the colony will apply.!
The largest and most enigmatic of the penguins, the majestic Emperor is the only animal to breed in the harsh, cold, dark Antarctic winter. As recently so well depicted in the film 'March of the Penguins', when the Antarctic spring sun finally returns, the female Emperors return from the sea to relieve the males, who have spent the winter huddled together on the ice, incubating their single egg on their feet. These unique Icebreaker voyages plan to visit Snow Hill Island, in the northern Weddell Sea in early spring, when the chicks are starting to be fed by both parents. Watch and photograph their daily lives at close range, the adult's greeting and courtship displays, communal crèches of chicks, adults tobogganing on their bellies and you may even see them shoot in and out of the sea at the ice edge! The icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov will approach to the area as close as it can get allowing for ice and weather conditions and then three days are planned with the Emperors themselves, flying in close to the colony by helicopter and then a walk to the birds themselves. The planned landing site is 2.4kms (1.5miles) from the colony. All operations will be conducted with the welfare of the colony (estimated to be 4000 pairs) first and foremost and strict rules on passenger conduct at the colony will apply.!
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