Photo by @FransLanting Emperor penguins raise their young on the sea ice surrounding Antarctica where there is no vegetation or rocks with which they can build nests. Parents cradle their chicks on their feet to keep them warm and off the sea ice. It takes heroic parenting skills to raise a chick in this brutally cold environment where temperatures can drop to 70 degrees below zero with winds of more than 100 miles per hour. It’s a race against time, because they have to fledge their young before the sea ice melts later in the summer. Follow me @FransLanting and @ChristineEckstrom to see what emperor penguins have to do to survive when it gets really cold.
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