Penguins are back! Every year, like clockwork, the first couple hundred emperor penguins return to Atka Bay for the start of their breeding season. Its always marvels me how they find their breeding spot down to the meter (just in front of our observatory) in an ever changing icescape. #penguin

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Christmas spirit at troll airport Antarctica, on our way home @whoi.bsky.social #antarctica

Our ride home! @whoi.bsky.social #antarctica

At the start of the emperor penguin chick fledging season five colonies have already been affected by early sea ice breakup. The purple dots below show which ones. Not as bad as the last two years, but worse than average.

When the rad student is happy that their penguin detection station is finally working. 🧪

Emperor penguins in the storm! It was 30kn of wind and they all packed up against the iceberg. @whoi.bsky.social #penguin

🌊 Ocean currents around Antarctica from our high-resolution (3 km) ocean model. 🧪 #FESOM #SciArt

Happy Thanksgiving ✨🐧 I received a nice Emperor Penguin illustrated Thanksgiving message from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, happy to receive it! Thank you! @whoi.bsky.social

🧪 Emperor Penguin trying to catch a Krill and missing. I hope you all have more luck with Thanksgiving tonight! Happy Turkey! 🧪 @whoi.bsky.social @cnrs.bsky.social #emperor #penguin #thanksgiving #turkey

There is nothing like when you are trying to recover a biologger from an Emperor penguin in stormy weather and the Penguin decides to bring the tag back (find penguin Nr 6 in the image). @whoi.bsky.social #emperor #penguin

We are back to Antarctica and so is ECHO, worlds most advanced penguin scanning robot in generation 3!! @whoi.bsky.social #emperorpenguin