Do all penguins live in Antarctica?
Only five of the 17 penguin species live on and around the white continent. The others thrive in subantarctic and even subtropical climates around the Southern Hemisphere, from New Zealand to the Falklands Islands to South Africa. The only penguins found north of the equator live in a colony in the Galápagos Islands. What about other seabirds? The loneliest bird in the world might be the albatross, which inhabits the southern oceans between about 30 and 60 degrees south latitude. “They are gliding birds, not flappers,” says Discovery’s resident ornithologist, Paul Sagan, explaining that if the birds stray north, into the equatorial doldrums, they can’t stay aloft. A wandering albatross can have a 12-foot wingspan and live 50 years — most of it in flight. What about ice? Many terms are used to describe ice. Anchor ice is ice attached to the sea bed. Firn ice, or névé, is hard, granular snow atop a glacier. Brash ice is the wreckage of larger pieces of ice. Frazil ice is a formation of
