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It’s April (Fall) in Antarctica. Satellites show lines of emperor penguins walking out on the sea ice in Halley Bay. They have come to breed and have their babies. The sea ice lasts three months, just long enough to raise their babies. The males sing and attract a mate. The empress lays a single egg, and her mate scoops it into his pouch. She then goes back out to sea to feed until July when she comes back with plenty of fish in her belly to feed the new baby. Then the pair takes turns keeping the baby warm while the other feeds until the baby has grown enough to keep warm by themselves. But climate change storms ravage Halley Bay and destroy the ice. Next year the emperor penguins will need to find a new place to mate.
I appreciated learning through simple text and lovely illustrations about the struggles emperor penguins go through to raise a chick. It was also interesting how climate change is increasing their struggles to survive.
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