The over-winter movements of a chinstrap penguin ( Pygoscelis antarctica )

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Wilson, Rory P., Culik, Boris M., Kosiorek, Piotr, Adelung, Dieter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1998
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Austral; Sandwich Islands; South Sandwich Islands; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; Chinstrap penguin; Polar Record; Pygoscelis antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400015242; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400015242

Abstract A single chinstrap penguin ( Pygoscelis antarctica ), which had moulted at the South Shetland Islands, was subsequently tracked during 120 days at sea in the austral winter using a global location system (geolocation) based on light intensity. The bird moved east along the Scotia Ridge to a point approximately 300 km west of the South Sandwich Islands and approximately 1600 km away from the colony in which it had moulted. It spent more than 60% of its time in open water north of the edge of the pack ice.