Emperor Penguins New Arrival

On the freezing Antartic winter ice sheet, a tiny chick is being tranferred from father to mother.  All the mothers in the colony have travelled across miles of slippery and broken ice fields to the ocean to feed – and weeks later, back to sustain the growing chicks. Meawhile stoic fathers have endured fierce Antartic storms and temperatures below -85C (−128.6 °F) according to Britannica,

Now, fathers must traverse those ice fields to feed and to restore the third of body weight they have lost. Amazing parenting!

Makes me humble! 🙂