Emperor penguin chicks huddle in San Diego, after being flown from Antarctica, to be part of a NSF study 11/16/1988. NARA ID 6448028.
Image by C-141 Flight Engineer SMSgt Bob Pederson, 10/1997.
CUTE PENGUINS!
Brought to you by the National Science Foundation
By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs
We're cooling off with penguins from Antarctica! The connection might not be obvious, but we hold millions of records from the National Science Foundation dating back to 1907! (NSF, Record Group 307). NSF manages the U.S. Antarctic Program, which includes penguin research! Selected penguin highlights below.
Emperor penguin chick in insulated crate aboard a 7th Military Airlift Squadron C-141B Starlifter, en route to San Diego for NSF. 11/16/88. NARA ID 6448031.
Emperor penguins adorn a C-141C Starlifter displaying the successful missions to Antarctica for Operation DEEP FREEZE, a joint military operation of the US and New Zealand militaries to provide logistic support for the NSF's Antarctic program.
Original caption: "All together now fellows, let's take it once more!" The McMurdo Sound penguin choir tunes up for yuletide carols under the direction of a crew member from the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Glacier. " 12/1966. NARA ID 205581227.
"Polar researchers photograph Adelie penguins on the ice pack." Antarctica. NARA ID 6421522.
"Miss Vernice Anderson feeding the Adelie penguins in their natural habitat in Antarctica." January 1977. Truman Library.
Cold penguin? Or penguin with a cold?
Do penguins need a cigarette break?
NARA IDs XSC-G-17-1 and XSC-G-17-3. From photos relating to Byrd Antarctic Expedition II, 1933 - 1935.
âPenguins Donât Flyâ: The Senate Military Affairs Committee, Secretary of War Baker, and Aircraft Production, 1918, Text Message blog by Greg Bradsher.
Itâs Cold Outside: Photos from the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition, Text Message
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