Emperor penguins are bigger than you expect, Alison Ballance discovers in this episode of the award-winning series Voices from Antarctica from 2020.
RNZ producer Alison Ballance meets some curious Emperor penguins at Cape Crozier, on Ross Island in Antarctica. Photo: RNZ / Alison Ballance
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After travelling south to the frozen continent in a Hercules aircraft and visiting Scott Base, Alison is now at Cape Crozier in Antarctica to meet the penguins – and the scientists studying them.
Where do the emperor penguins go when they’re not huddled on the ice with their chicks? A team of NIWA researchers hopes to find out, by equipping penguins with data loggers.
Thank you to Liz Garton for help with this episode.
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Tune into the full episode on Thursday 6 October at Our Changing World’s new time of 7pm, on Nights with Karyn Hay.
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Read Alison’s story (and check out her photos!) from the original episode that first aired in 2020.
