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• Penguins (Germany - April 2009)
  
  On 4th April 2009, Dr. Klemens Pütz, from Antarctic Research Trust, gives a lecture on penguins.
  Place: Zooschule in Wuppertal zoo (Germany)
  
  Source: Zoo Wuppertal (GE)
  
  
  
• Gentoo penguins reinforce the group king penguins (Netherlands - 25 February 2009)
  
  The group king penguins in the Oceanium of the zoo Blijdorp (Rotterdam) get company of ten new gentoo penguins. Although nervous at the beginning, they soon will adapt, as those species live together in the wild too.
  
  Source: AD Mijn Zoo (NL)
  
  
  
• Penguins facing longer commute for food - Expert (South America - 16 February 2009)
  
  A magellanic penguin species found in Argentina is under threat because climate change is forcing the birds to swim farther to find food, researchers said on Thursday. Climate change has displaced fish populations, so the penguins must swim "an extra 40 km further from the nest for fish," University of Washington professor Dee Boersma told reporters at the American Association of the Advancement of Science meeting in Chicago. While that might not sound like much, she said that while the penguins are swimming an extra 50 miles (80.4 km), their mates are sitting on a nest and starving.
  
  Source: Planet Ark
  
  
  
• Gentoo penguins reinforce the group king penguins in Wuppertal (Germany - 3 February 2009)
  
  The group king penguins in the zoo of Wuppertal (Germany) get company of 16 new gentoo penguins from Edinburgh (Scottland). At the moment they live in a temporary exhibit, waiting to move to their new one. They expect it to open end March, and it will be much larger than the old one, with a glass tunnel to view them from below, swimming under water.
  
  Source: Westdeutsche Zeitung (GE)
  
  
  
• Antarctica, het verhaal van de Belgen op de pool - Spraakmakende reisverhalen (België - 29 januari 2009)
  
  Next week Friday 6 February 2009: information evening about Antarctica and the Belgian there at the pole by travel journalist Johan Lambrechts.
  Organised by vtbKultuur Kortenberg.
  
  Source: VTB Kortenberg(BE)
  
  
  
• Emperor penguins face extinction (Antarctica - 27 January 2009)
  
  Emperor penguins, whose long treks across Antarctic ice to mate have been immortalised by the film "March of the penguins", are heading towards extinction, scientists say. Based on predictions of sea ice extent from climate change models, the penguins are likely to see their numbers plummet by 95% by 2100. That corresponds to a decline to just 600 breeding pairs in the world.
  
  Source: ENN, BBC en Volkskrant.nl
  
  
  
• De Belgische Post brengt twee postzegels uit over de poolgebieden (België - 23 januari 2009)
  
  On 9 March, the Belgian Post brings out two stamps about the protection of South and North pole. The stamp about Antarctica shows two emperor penguins, the one about the Northpole a polar bear. The stamps will be seperately be available for 1,05 euro pro stamp, but also on a special sheet with a picture of the Belgian pole travellers Alain Hubert and Dixie Dansercoer which costs 2,10 euro.
  
  
  
  On the occasion of the official opening of the new Belgian Antarctic base "Prinses Elisabeth" on 15 February 2009, the Belgian Post, in cooperation with Polar Foundation, brings out a unique "Antarctica Souvenir". Pictured on it is the new Belgian station, and it will be stamped (postmarked) on Antarctica at the day of the official opening. It is a limited edition, and must be pre-ordered before 10 February. Price: 9,70 euro.
  A special numisletter about Antarctica will be made too.
  
  Source: Philanews
  
  
  
• Polish Antarctic Love letter aids plant study (Antarctica - 21 January 2009)
  
  A lovesick Polish scientist on a remote island has aided understanding of Antarctica's two flowering plants with a tribute to his beloved written in penguin dung fertilizer, Chilean researchers said. The two plants were found flourishing side by side on a two-meter long "M" laid out by the researcher several years ago on King George Island at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. In surrounding areas, the Antarctic pearlwort and the Antarctic hair grass did not grow together which is a sign that the penguin dung acted as a fertilizer. Scientists are studying the plants to try to understand how they survive bone-chilling temperatures, winter darkness and extremely high ultra-violet radiation in summer. Global warming may make conditions easier for the plants.
  
  Source: Planet Ark
  
  
  
• Young emperor penguins: where do they go? (Antarctica - 16 January 2009)
  
  For many years researchers have wondered where juvenile emperor penguins go once they reach the ocean. Scientists from the Australian Antarctic Division attached satellite trackers on fledgling emperor penguins and were able to trace their movements for 6 months.
  
  Source: Australian Antarctic Magazine
  
  
  
• Penguins are walking an increasingly rocky road (South Atlantic ocean - 16 January 2009)
  
  A new study has revealed that the northern rockhopper penguin, found mainly on Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, has declined by 90% over the last 50 years.
  
  Source: BirdLife International
  
  
  
• African penguins move from Blijdorp and go to Artis. (Netherlands - 12 January 2009)
  
  The group of 30 african penguins in the zoo Blijdorp (Rotterdam) have to make place for a new shop. They leave Blijdorp and will reinforce the group in Artis (Amsterdam).
  
  Source: AD Mijn Zoo (NL) and AD nl
  
  
  
• People follow king penguins exploring their outdoor pen at Zurich's zoo (Switzerland - 7 January 2009)
  
  A picture of people following the king penguins. In the winter, but only when the temperature is less than 10 °C, the penguins in Zurich zoo may take a walk through the zoo, and visit the other animals.
  
  Source: Planet Ark