Akademik Vernadsky station – a penguin staged a “showdown” near Ukrainian polar explorers – UNIAN

A strict inspector – an Antarctic penguin – came to Galindez Island, to the Ukrainian polar station “Akademik Vernadsky”. As explained at the National Antarctic Science Center of Ukraine, this bird is called a policeman, because the black thin stripe on its chin resembles the strap on a constable’s helmet.

“First, he appeared at the pier and apparently discovered some disturbances in one of the nests of subantarctic penguins – these are the ones that live in thousands on our island. An unexpected guest began to come to this nest and peck at its inhabitants. The couple there actively fought off him. So it took several days, but eventually the penguins…