Emperor Penguin Family on the Eckstroem Ice-shelf 70˚36' S 8˚08'W, Copyright Anne Froehlich
According to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, emperor penguins are teeming in Antarctica: "Antarctica has twice as many emperor penguins as scientists had thought, according to a new study using satellite imagery in the first comprehensive survey of one of the world's most iconic birds. "British and U.S. geospatial mapping experts reported Friday in the journal PLoS One that they had counted 595,000 emperor penguins living in 46 colonies along the coast of Antarctica, compared with previous estimates of 270,000 to 350,000 penguins based on surveys of just five colonies. The researchers also discovered four previously unknown emperor-penguin colonies and confirmed the location of three others." Our travel partner Abercrombie & Kent is also reporting a renewed interest in Antarctica. Its top selling destinations in 2012 thus far: 1. Antarctica, 2. Kenya, 3. South Africa, 4. Tanzania, 5. China, 6. Egypt, 7.India, 8. Peru, 9. France, 10. Botswana.
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