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My Penguin Year
My Penguin Year: Life Among the Emperors | Lindsay McCrae
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A "remarkable memoir" (Nature) of life with an emperor penguin colony, gorgeously illustrated with 32 pages of exclusive photography For 337 days, award-winning wildlife cameraman Lindsay McCrae intimately followed 11,000 emperor penguins amid the singular beauty of Antarctica. This is his masterful chronicle of one penguin colonys astonishing journey of life, death, and rebirthand of the extraordinary human experience of living amongst them in the planets harshest environment. A miracle occurs each winter in Antarctica. As temperatures plummet 60 below zero and the sea around the remote southern continent freezes, emperorsthe largest of all penguinsbegin marching up to 100 miles over solid ice to reach their breeding grounds. They are the only animals to breed in the depths of this, the worst winter on the planet; and in an unusual role reversal, the males incubate the eggs, fasting for over 100 days to ensure they introduce their chicks safely into their new frozen world. My Penguin Year recounts McCrae's remarkable adventure to the end of the Earth. He observed every aspect of a breeding emperor's life, facing the inevitable sacrifices that came with living his childhood dream, and grappling with the personal obstacles that, being over 15,000km away from the comforts of home, almost proved too much. Out of that experience, he has written an unprecedented portrait of Antarcticas most extraordinary residents.
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Photographer Lindsay McCrae overwintered in Antarctica in 2017 to capture footage of the entire breeding season of a colony of emperor penguins. He chronicles his experience here. I really enjoyed living vicariously through these pages (though he is a bit sexist 🙄) and the included photos are gorgeous.

Soubhiville Nice of Bindi to allow you a few inches of space to sit 🤣. 2y
Hooked_on_books @Soubhiville Right?!? Lucky for us, she kindly lets US live in HER house. 😆 2y
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Look at these glorious endpapers! 😍🐧

LeahBergen Wow! 😍 2y
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A fascinating (if sometimes repetitive) account of a nature filmmaker‘s year filming Emperor penguins in Antarctica, under the most extreme conditions on Earth.

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Amazon has My Penguin Year on Kindle sale today for $1.99. I adore penguins and this looks fun so just snatched it up. In Antarctica, a wildlife cameraman chronicles an emperor penguin colony‘s yearlong journey through life and death. This “remarkable memoir” (Nature) recounts a stunning story of survival in the planet‘s harshest environment. “This is a treasure” (Los Angeles Times).