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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Four little birds sitting in a tree…
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Staring down winter
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World Environment Day
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Art in the high desert
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Black History Month
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Celebrating sea otters
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No, it s not a leaf. Happy Look-alike Day
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Penguin Awareness Day
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Montreux, Switzerland, and all that jazz
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Labor Day
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Lakeside serenity in Finland
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It’s World Migratory Bird Day
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National Hammock Day
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Bonifacio on the island of Corsica, France
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World Teachers Day
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Meet our fuzzy Earth Day mascot
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50 years of Earth Day
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World Rivers Day
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Best. Holiday. Ever.
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A hit ballet, long after its debut
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North Sea at sunset, Norddorf, Germany
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
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Park of the Monsters, Bomarzo, Italy
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Birds of the Drömling
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Of moose and Maine
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Wind horses carry wishes for a new year
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Things are looking up
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Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, New Mexico
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Stepping stones in Tollymore Forest Park, Northern Ireland
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An enduring vision