study the chicks that are frozen to death in the icy winter winds alexander vento from the german university of alabama is part of the world's most comprehensive long term study on the project due to some of these birds probably die 2 or 3 months ago you can see that from their size it was a. reason they've been conserved in the ice ever sense. but it's not so unusual for this species that many of the juveniles die early on the conditions are just very harsh here. nevertheless the colony remained stable. it's almost as if nature had factored in the dead chicks the scientists are looking for penguins that they tagged with g.p.s. transmitters a few years ago the idea is to see how far individual penguins stray from the colony while hunting using high resolution cameras for scientists observe the colony throughout the year in winter they huddle together for warmth and scooted from the mouths of the number one goal of each penguin is to lose as little energy as possible in the cold antarctic winter when they breed this week so they seek to optimize their position in the colony. and what's so fascinating ab