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In January 2009, Dr. Emslie joined an international team at a Spanish International Polar Year camp on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula. This research provided new information on the occupation history and diet of penguins that have occupied Byers Peninsula for over 1000 years.
Click here to see the Research Poster
In December 2008, Mike continued his work collecting penguin eggshells along the Antarctic Peninsula. Mike was working with a non-profit research group called Oceanites and visited over 20 different penguin colonies on board the tour ship National Geographic Endeavour. Mike and Dr. Emslie will analyses these eggshells to determine what types of food penguins eat prior to laying their eggs.
Wild Chronicles profiles one of the Antarctic research project that I collaborate with aboard the National Geographic Endeavor. Oceanites is a non-profit research organization that counts Chinstrap, Adelie, and Gentoo penguin populations to examine how rising temperatures and climate change effect these creatures.