Every year approximately 4,000 pairs of emperor penguins trudge across the frozen landscape to reach Snow Hill Island, turning this snowcapped island off the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula into a crowded breeding colony. While there, the male penguin’s job is to carefully guard the egg his mate has laid, and make sure it stays warm enough so the chick inside can hatch. If your job doesn’t take you to a snow-covered Antarctic island, then why not celebrate by observing National Walk to Work Day today?
It’s National Walk to Work Day
Today in History
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Cousins Day
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The Sky Over Nine Columns in Venice, Italy
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Paradise, found
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Humpbacks return to the Inside Passage
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National Merry-Go-Round Day
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Golden larches and Prusik Peak, the Enchantments, Washington
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Happy anniversary to the National Park Service!
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Big-wave hunters watch Nazaré
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Nothing plain about it
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Reflections on the mighty Amazon
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They’re grrrape!
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Guilin and Lijiang River National Park, China
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On the Route of the Waterfalls
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National Park Week begins
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Fire-damaged forest near Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado
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Poinsettia Day
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Milky Way over Zabriskie Point, California
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Great Backyard Bird Count
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Birds of a feather
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Reflections of the night sky
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Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia
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Ruins of a royal temple
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There was gold in them there hills…
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Jaguar in the Pantanal wetlands
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Sami lavvu structures, Finnmark, Norway
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The Bazaruto Archipelago of Mozambique
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Looking down upon Edinburgh
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The Twin Cities celebrate Pride