natgeotravel | INSTAGRAM | DEC 26

Photograph by @paulnicklen // You can’t get much more love and attention than this. Parents hover over their ever growing chick. Parents will go to sea for days or even weeks at a time to feed on ice fish and krill. They store this food and then walk the long ten miles back to the colony to feed their single chick. #followme on @paulnicklen to see my favorite images during my #12DreamsofChristmas #happyfeet #emperorpenguins #MPA #20by2020