On the bottom of the world, surrounded by sea and salt, lies a vast empire of ice. It’s a harsh land, often dominated by freezing temperatures, howling winds, and endless nights. Antarctica is a remote and unforgiving landscape where only the hardiest can survive.
The emperor penguin is one of the few animals that has learned to thrive here. It’s the tallest and heaviest of the 18 types of penguins. Each year, tens of thousands of emperor penguins come together to form massive breeding colonies on the sprawling sea ice of Antarctica. These vast, flat sheets of ice and snow provide a safe haven for the birds to produce the next generation of penguins. Although this ice world can be cruel, life in Antarctica is mostly free of predators and the destructive forces of humankind.
But the world around the emperor penguin is changing. Global warming is
