Emperor penguins spend part of the year huddled together on the ice, keeping eggs and then chicks warm. But where do they go once breeding season is over?
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Emperor penguins at Cape Crozier on Ross Island. The photo was taken in mid November when the chicks were about half-grown. Photo: RNZ / Alison Ballance
This week we’re starting a mini rerun of Alison Ballance's award-winning 2020 series Voices from Antarctica. We’re starting with episode four: after travelling south to the frozen continent in a Hercules aircraft and visiting Scott Base, Alison is now at Cape Crozier in Antarctica to meet the resident emperor penguins – and the scientists studying them.
Here, a team of NIWA researchers is hoping to unravel the emperors’ secret lives at sea using data loggers.
Thank you to Liz Garton for editing help.
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Read Alison’s story (and check out her photos!) from the original episode that first aired in 2020.
