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Happy Feet, but in real life. 🐧 Emperor penguin chicks at the iconic Auster penguin colony are about 50 days old and now able to regulate their own body temperatures. Up until now, they’ve had to rely on their parents for warmth. Our expeditioners keep a close eye (from a safe distance and with a long lens) on this colony near Mawson research station. 👀 🎥 NC Lee | Australian Antarctic Program

This year marks the 65th anniversary of the establishment of Mawson research station in 1954. Mawson is one of Australia's three permanent research stations in Antarctica, and is the longest continuously operating station south of the Antarctic Circle. Later this week at our Kingston headquarters, we’ll be welcoming the Anare Club – and many former Mawson expeditioners – to celebrate our history and future. | Australian Antarctic Program

27K views · 1K reactions | 流 Today at all four Australian research stations in #Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic – Casey, Davis, Mawson and Macquarie Island – and at the AAD head office in #Tasmania, we celebrate Midwinter Day. 鸞 As tradition demands for this auspicious date in the Antarctic calendar, the team of 15 expeditioners wintering at Mawson research station cut through the metre-thick sea ice and created a sub-zero swimming pool. | Australian Antarctic Program | Facebook

We’re celebrating 70 years of Mawson research station today! On the 13th of February 1954, Dr Phil Law raised the Australian flag and Australia’s first continental Antarctic station was born. In the 70 years since, Mawson has proven vital to the Australian Antarctic Programs presence and capacity as a world leading research facility. Find out more about our story here 👉 https://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/nuyinas-mawson-voyage-to-make-history/ | Australian Antarctic Program

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12K views · 123 reactions | LARGEST IN USCG HISTORY | The U.S. Coast Guard is offloading a record-setting amount of cocaine and marijuana at Port Everglades today. The illegal narcotics are worth more than $1.4 billion and is the largest drug offload in Coast Guard history. https://bit.ly/37jZ173 | WJXT4 The Local Station / News4JAX | Facebook