penguin 1 (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

penguin 1

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Two juvenile emperor penguins before their first swim in Atka Bay, Antarctica. Both are equipped with an Argos platform that will transmit their locations daily and allow scientists to track their movement in the Southern Ocean during their first year at sea.

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Credit: Aymeric Houstin/© AWI-CSM-CNRS-FAU-WHOI

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