Photo fact: thousands of penguins gathered near the Ukrainian polar station

In July, Ukrainian polar explorers recorded large concentrations of penguins near the Antarctic station "

This was reported on Facebook by the National Antarctic Science Center..

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Every year the water area around " However, in recent years, the climate has changed significantly and winters are getting warmer..

Therefore, areas of open water in the Wilhelm archipelago, where the station is located, can now be found throughout the winter.. And now the penguins keep very close to the station and do not seem to be going to wander north.