Antarctica 2010

During my prior visits, emperor parents returning from the sea to feed their chicks were so fat they could barely waddle across the ice. We called them supertankers. This year, the supertankers were few and far between. This was the fattest penguin we saw, but it's still not up to the standards set in 2007.

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During my prior visits, emperor parents returning from the sea to feed their chicks were so fat they could barely waddle across the ice. We called them supertankers. This year, the supertankers were few and far between. This was the fattest penguin we saw, but it's still not up to the standards set in 2007.

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