Penguin Colony

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A large emperor-penguin colony was sighted in late 1994 among the maze of icebergs grounded on offshore Petersen Bank. Despite more than 40 years of operations, including helicopter overflights during station resupply, Petersen Bank is so large that the penguins had never been seen before.