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What caused these tracks? Tobogganing penguins

Description

What caused these tracks? Tobogganing penguins. Note the flipper marks in snow.Penguin tracks produced by sliding across the ice on their bellies.

Photographer

Michael Van Woert

Display Date

1998 February

Location

Ross Sea, Antarctica

Collection

Paths Less Taken
The Antarctic
Birds

NOAA Affiliation

NOAA NESDIS

Keywords

Antarctica
Animals
Bird
Penguins