What's it Like in Antarctica?

From December 2006 and January 2007, the Penguin Science research team, lead by Dr. David Ainley, was in Antarctica researching researching how Adelie Penguins are coping with climate change, as well as making a documentary film about the research. Educator Jean Pennycook sent virtual postcards to Windows to the Universe describing her experience with the science and Antarctica. Take a look below for her first-hand reports of what it is like to be with the Adelie Penguins in Antarctica during this season when the chicks hatch and grow.

	Where Are the Penguin Colonies? from Jean Pennycook, November 29, 2006
	Time to Raise the Chicks from Jean Pennycook, December 3, 2006
	View from our Home from Jean Pennycook, December 9, 2006
	Ice and Fire from Jean Pennycook, December 10, 2006
	Proud Parents from Jean Pennycook, December 12, 2006
	A Family of Penguins from Jean Pennycook, December 18, 2006
	How Do We Study the Penguins? from Jean Pennycook, December 19, 2006
	One Week After the First Chick Hatched from Jean Pennycook, December 20, 2006
	Skua Attack from Jean Pennycook, December 22, 2006
	Two Weeks Old from Jean Pennycook, December 24, 2006
	Discovering What Penguins Eat from Jean Pennycook, December 26, 2006
	The Penguins Are Three Weeks Old from Jean Pennycook, December 29, 2006
	Sea Ice Is Breaking Up from Jean Pennycook, December 31, 2006
	Open Water at Last from Jean Pennycook, January 5, 2007
	The Crèche is On from Jean Pennycook, January 7, 2007
	Fluffly is Cute, But it Doesn't Work in the Wind from Jean Pennycook, January 9, 2007
	The Penguin Chicks Are Four Weeks Old from Jean Pennycook, January 10, 2007
	Faster than Walking from Jean Pennycook, January 12, 2007
	Sea of Chicks from Jean Pennycook, January 14, 2007
	Antarctic Peninsula from Jean Pennycook, January 16, 2007
	A Lost Nest from Jean Pennycook, January 18, 2007
	...Only a Mother Can Love from Jean Pennycook, January 19, 2007
	Chicks Weigh In from Jean Pennycook, January 23, 2007
	Banding of the Chicks from Jean Pennycook, January 28, 2007
	Glacier Retreat on Beaufort Island from Jean Pennycook, January 30, 2007
	Testing the Water from Jean Pennycook, February 6, 2007
	Goodbye from Antarctica from Jean Pennycook, February 8, 2007

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