alexander vento and ben was alice take the birds body back to their lab to try to determine the cause and time of death. it isn't the use of by that i mean they probably died 2 or 3 months ago just say but you can tell by their size. these entire bodies are frozen so they've been well preserved this is of a god he's a lot of the chicks die young in these extreme conditions as if it's really tough here. so no hard to be doing here we found a lot of dead chicks that with the same size we suspect that they died at the same time maybe in a storm too small. but despite the deaths of many chicks the colonies population has remained fairly stable for years. alexander and ben wa are looking for some penguins that they tagged years ago either with g.p.s. devices or rings on their feet. that data will help researchers find out how far the birds traveled to find food. you're. going to but today the researchers only come across more dead chicks. most of the summer toward. this one probably died recently. maybe just a few weeks ago. will measure the carcass be clanks a wing length no weight to det