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live. the average temperature here at the bottom of the earth is a balmy 58 degrees below. that's when the sun is out. it wasn't always like this. antarctica used to be a tropical population, densely forested, teeming with life. but then the continent started to drift south, and by the time it was done drifting, the dense forest had all been replaced with a new ground cover, ice. as for the former inhabitants, they'd all died and moved on long ago. well, almost all of them. legend has it that one tribe stayed behind. perhaps they thought the change in weather was only temporary. or maybe they were just stubborn. but whatever their reasons, they
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refused to leave. for millions of years, they have made their home on the darkest, driest, windiest, and coldest continent on earth, and they've done so pretty much alone. so in some ways, this is a story of survival, a tale of life over death, but it's more than that, really. this is a story about love. like most love stories, it begins with an act of utter foolishness. the emperor penguin is technically a bird. although one that makes his home in the sea. so if you're wondering what he's doing up here on the ice, well, that's part of our story. each year at around the same
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time, he will leave the comfort of his ocean home and embark on a remarkable journey. he will travel a great distance. and though he is a bird, he won't fly. though he lives in the sea, he won't swim. mostly, he will walk. but he won't walk alone. it is march. summer is over. and another long polar winter is about to begin. the birds have been feeding in the ocean waters for three months. now, their bellies full, it is time to find a mate. their breeding ground can be up to 70 miles away. to get there, they will walk day
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same. their path, however, is not. the ice on which the birds travel never stops shifting and changing. new roadblocks will appear to baffle them every year. wh we're not exactly sure how they find their way. perhaps they were assisted by the sun or the stars. or maybe having taken this march for thousands of generations, they are guided by some invisible compass within them. they never stay stumped for long. eventually one of them will pick up the trail and the journey continues.
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>> theirs is usually a graceful parade. but not always. each day, the temperature drops a little further. and the sun will set earlier. the weather becomes noticeably harsher, almost by the hour. by now, similar caravans are approaching from every direction. and finally, often on the same day, even around the same time, they will arrive at the place where each and every one of them
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>> here, they will mate in relative safety. they are now far from the water's edge, where most predators lurk, and the large ice walls will offer some protection from the harshest winds. but the real reason they have chosen this place lies beneath their feet. the ice is thicker here. it will stay solid until summer, keeping their young from accidentally falling through into the freezing ocean. and so, having arrived, they begin to pursue their journey's purpose -- finding a mate. we don't really know what they're looking for in a partner. we only know that they are, in fact, looking. we also know when they've found what they're looking for.
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emperor penguins are monogamous, so they mate with only one partner per year, which means every new season, all bets are off. because there are fewer males than females here, hostilities among the ladies are inevitable. a taken male instantly becomes an unavailable male, so occasionally a female will attempt to interrupt a courtship. the men don't seem to mind. they'll just wait for the fight to end. they're not that different from us, really. they pout, they bellow, they
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there will be tenderness. there will be separation. there will be reunion. and if their partnership is successful, there will be new life. for now, they wait for the egg and for the brutal winter which will do everything in their power to destroy the egg. ♪ >> by may, the light will nearly have dropped from the sky, and the temperature continues to
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drop. for those who begin their march too late or have fallen behind from weakness and hunger, hopefulhope for survival is now remote. the lone penguin has no chance against the winter's cold. he will simply fade away, absorbed by the great whiteness all around him. i'm randy, and i quit smoking with chantix.
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martin savidge. here are the headlines. dangerously cold headlines forcing thousands of flights to be cancelled and many school closures in major cities like chicago and detroit. temperatures are expected to be 50 degrees below average in some places. by wednesday, nearly half the nation will shiver in temperatures of zero or below. even the deep south will enjoy single digit or sub-zero temperatures. when will the brutal cold temperatures go away? here's meteorologist tom sater. >> when will it end? everyone wants to know that, obviously. not soon enough. when authorities in minneapolis say you'll get frostbite in five minutes. exposed skin in five minutes for this entire area. it looks like the brunt of this is going to be monday into tuesday. obviously it's going to vary and
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stick around a little bit longer for the northern tier states, but when you have dangerous levels like this, we really want to know when will this end? when can we go on with life? when can schools open again, businesses get back to what they have to do? as it marches towards the east and the southeast, we'll see the effects again, kind of hang around into tuesday afternoon, maybe wednesday morning in the deep south. but let's break this down. because it's really critical to find out what we're going to be finding here. notice the temperatures and the departure from normal, when you look at a high of 11 below in duluth and minus 32, that's the departure from normal. we will get back to normal. it's going to take a while. minneapolis, your average high is 24. you'll see 26 on friday. 29 this weekend. it will be balmy again come this weekend. as we get down into the midwest, notice the departure from normal. nashville, a 42-degree drop from what is average for you. and then atlanta. 25 degrees. i think the brunt of this really will be on tuesday. because as we look at the
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forecast, again, the high temperature in atlanta goes from 25 tuesday to 43. so monday into tuesday is pretty much the worst of it. obviously some areas have had fresh snowfall. psychologically, martin, it makes it seem colder. that's going to hang around for a little bit longer as well. hang in there just a couple more days. >> thank you, tom. federal investigators are on the scene of a deadly plane crash in the rocky mountains. this is aspen, colorado. a small jet with three people onboard crashed and burned while trying to land in heavy winds. the pilot aborted an earlier attempt to land. the co-pilot was killed on the second attempt. the pilot and only passenger were hurt. i'm martin savidge. "march of the penguins" continues only here on cnn.
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as winter descends, the tribe's only defense against the freezing cold is the group itself. it is almost as if they create another organism altogether. the animals form a moving mass, one designed for the sole purpose of sustaining warmth. winter's first storm is upon them. ♪ >> within a few weeks, days begin to pass with virtually no light at all. moons come and go with the soon
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>> from now on, the couple has but a single goal. keeping their egg alive. the hungry mother must return at once to the sea to eat, but before she leaves, she must entrust the egg to its father. some, young couples perhaps, are too impulsive or rushed. and within moments, their affair comes to an end. they can only watch as the ice
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claims their egg and the life within it. this couple's partnership is now over. the long march in vain. with no reason to stay, they will wander back to the sea. other couples have lost their egg as well. as for the others, the partnership is about to change. with unending patience, the pair rehearses the steps they will need to transfer the egg from the mother to the father.
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the newborn, it is the father who will shield the egg from the violent winds and cold. he will make a nest for the egg atop his own claws, keeping it safe and warm beneath a flap of skin on his belly. and he will do this for more than two months. ♪ >> having passed the egg, the exhausted female must depart quickly.
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she must eat soon or she will die. as the winter progresses, the father will be severely tested. the mother will be tested as well. her return trip to the sea is considerably more difficult than the original march to the nesting ground. it is colder now and she will have lost almost a third of her body weight producing the egg. she is literally starving. of course, the fathers are nearly starving, too, but for them, a meal is far off in the distance. by the time their vigil atop the egg is over, the penguin fathers will have gone without food of any kind for over 125 days and they will have endured one of the most violent and deadly winters on earth.
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their long wait at the breeding ground, the winter's second storm arrives. the temperature is now 80 degrees below zero. that's without taking into account the wind, which can blow a hundred miles an hour. though they can be aggressive during the rest of the year, at this time, the males are totally docile, a united and cooperative team. they brace against the storm by merging their thousand bodies into a single mass. they will take turns. each of them getting to spend some time near the center of their huddle where it's warmer.
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>> the exhausted mothers have marched 70 miles. they are now back where they started three months ago. but they aren't anywhere near the water's edge. new ice has formed along the shore, forcing them to walk several more miles before they reach the sea. food is actually only a few inches below them, but they have no way of getting to it here. to survive, they must reach the new ice edge or find some other opening. sometimes this search will last for days.
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while the mother's finally fill their empty bellies, the fathers cling to life on the surface, trying to keep the eggs safe and warm. the wind will occasionally bring snow to quench the males' thirst. they have been without food for over three months. each day brings them closer to exhaustion and starvation. eventually, some, usually the older ones will simply fall asleep and disappear.
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♪ >> each day, more eggs will hatch. but this chick is hungry. he needs the food in his mother's belly. but his father is hungry too. he hasn't eaten in nearly four months now. if his mate doesn't arrive soon, he will be forced to abandon his child and return to the sea to feed himself. he will have no choice. but there is one secret weapon against his newborn's hunger. the father coughs up a milky
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substance. despite his own hunger, this tiny meal has been relegated to a small crease in his throat just for this moment. this little banquet will keep the chick alive for a day, perhaps two. hopefully long enough for the mother to arrive. for some, it is already too late. ♪ >> the mothers step up their rhythm as they're sensing the urgency.
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as the chick enjoys his first real meal, the father prepares to sever the bond between them. it's not easy to do. the fathers have gone without food for over four months. they will have lost as much as half their weight. but still they must walk for over 70 miles. this leg of the journey may be why there are fewer males than females. each year, some of these new fathers will not make it back to the sea. ♪
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i'm martin salvagsavage. many schools have been closed in places like detroit. 50 degrees below windchills in some places. nearly half the nation will shiver in temperatures of zero or below. even the south will endure subzero temperatures. when will the temperatures go away? here's meteorologist tom sader. >> when will it end? not soon enough. when you get frostbite in five minutes. exposed skin in five minutes for this entire area. it looks like the brunt of this is going to be monday into tuesday. obviously it's going to vary and stick around a little bit longer for the northern tier states,
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but when you have dangerous levels like this we want to know when will this end. when can schools open again, businesses get back to what they have to do. coldest air really as it marches towards the east and southeast will see the effects again kind of hang around into tuesday afternoon. maybe wednesday morning in the deep south. but let's break this down. because it's really critical to find out what we're going to be finding here. notice the temperatures in the departure from normal when you look at a high of 11 below in duluth and minus 32. that's the departure from normal. we will get back to normal. it's going to take awhile. minneapolis, your average high is 24. you'll see 26 on friday. 29 this weekend. it'll be balmy again come this weekend. as we get to the midwest, departure from normal. nashville a 42-degree drop from what is average for you. and atlanta, 27 degrees. i think the brunt of this will be on tuesday. as we look at the forecast,
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again, the temperature goes to 43. monday into tuesday is the worst of it. obviously some areas have had fresh snowfall. it makes it seem colder. that's going to hang around for a little bit longer as well. hang in there. just a couple more days. >> thank you, tom. federal investigators are on the scene of a deadly plane crash in the rocky mountains. this is aspen, colorado. a small jet with three people on board crashed and burned. the pilot aborted an earlier attempt to land. the copilot was killed on the second attempt. the pilot and only passenger were hurt. i'm martin savidge. "march of the penguins" continues only here on cnn. at 315 chestnut street. the modest first floor bedroom in tallinn, estonia and the dusty basement at 1406 35th street. it is the story of the old dining room table at 25th and hoffman avenue. the southbound bus barreling down i-95.
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begin to melt, shortening the distance between the sea and the breeding ground. it isn't long before the fathers return, their bellies heavy with food. the chicks will gather at once to meet them and sound their calls. the returning fathers will circle the excited newborns and listen. until he hears his chick call.
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some will never find their chick. their newborn will have died from cold or hunger or at the hands of some predator. but for those that do find their young, the reunion is a joyful one. and very quickly, the young chick's belly will be full again. for the next several months, the parents will take turns shuttling back and forth to the sea for food.
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>> by september, the ice has begun to thin and crack. the sea gets closer, allowing the parents to go back and forth more frequently. the chicks' new coat of feathers is now thick and full, enough to protect them on their own. and by november, the ocean is within a few hundred yards of the breeding ground. ♪ lyrics: 'take on me...' ♪ 'take me home...'
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the couples, locked for the past nine months in their ancient ritual of coming and going, will now part for the last time. and as their newest members look on, the tribe returns to their home at last. for the next three months, they will lavish in the rich and warmish waters of their short summer. they will feed and they will play, and in all likelihood, their chicks will never see them again.
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>> for four years the chicks will live at sea. but as the sunlight begins to disappear at the end of their fifth year, and the warm days begin to cool, they, too, will climb out of the water and they will march just as they have done for centuries. ever since the emperor penguin decided to stay, to live, to love in the harshest place on earth. [ male announcer ] this is the story
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of the dusty basement at 1406 35th street the old dining table at 25th and hoffman. ...and the little room above the strip mall off roble avenue. ♪ this magic moment it is the story of where every great idea begins. and of those who believed they had the power to do more. dell is honored to be part of some of the world's great stories. that began much the same way ours did. in a little dorm room -- 2713. ♪ this magic moment ♪
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