It's not unusual for emperor penguin chicks to march toward the ocean at a young age, even when they're just 6 months old. They jump just 2 feet off the ice to take their first swim, according to ...

“It’s called fledgling when they take their first swim. Normally they jump off of sea ice, which is 1 or 2 feet high. We noticed that these trains of chicks were going past to a different place.

Emperor penguin chicks jump off a 50-foot cliff to take their first swim in Atka Bay, Antarctica. Photographer Bertie Gregory used his drone's powerful zoom lens to maintain distance from the ...

They are flightless but fearless. Scores of baby penguins bravely dove off a massive 50-foot cliff for their first-ever swim in the icy Antarctic waters below, incredible new footage shows.

Incredible new footage has revealed the nail-biting moment hundreds of baby penguins jumped off a 50ft ice cliff in Antarctica. A National Geographic film crew was visiting Atka Bay on the Ekstrom ...

One by one they started to jump off this 50-foot ice cliff to take their first swim in the Southern Ocean." Emperor penguin chicks jump off the ice shelf edge for their first swim at Atka Bay on ...

Then, in a gutsy display of courage, the little penguin did a little hop, jumping onto the intact sheet of ice. With a majestic belly slide, the penguin bobsled its way back to the squad.

Nothing gets in the way of a baby emperor penguin getting into the water, not even a huge ice cliff. The courage some chicks have in the face of adversity is truly unmatched, serving them well as ...

Penguins live where they can access fish in the sea and the cliff at the seaward edge of the ice shelf is at least 65 feet high. "Penguins can jump, but not that high," said Swansea University ...

A National Geographic film crew was visiting Atka Bay on the Ekstrom Ice Shelf, when they spotted approximately 700 emperor penguin chicks gathering at the edge of a cliff.