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The rite of passage only occurs in January, when the sea surrounding the fledglings’ home is at its most volatile.

Hundreds of baby penguins bravely dove off a massive 50-foot cliff for their first ever swim in the icy Antarctic waters below, incredible new footage shows.

Amazing footage released for the first time by National Geographic shows dozens of baby penguins bravely diving from a towering 15-metre-high cliff into the icy waters of Antarctica for the first time.Award-winning National Geographic cinematographer Bertie Gregory spent two months observing a colon

A National Geographic film crew was visiting Atka Bay on the Ekstrom Ice Shelf, when they spotted approximately 700 emperor penguin chicks gathering at the edge of a cliff.

The moment emperor penguin chicks jump off a 50-foot cliff in Antarctica has been captured on video for the first time. National Geographic and Bertie Gregory have released “unprecedented” footage from Atka Bay in which approximately 700 fledglings embarking on their very first swim find a huge drop blocking their path. Some emperor colonies have been raising chicks high up on permanent ice shelves; while scientists have witnessed the enormous jumps before, it has never been filmed for telev...

In newly released footage from National Geographic, baby penguins are seen bravely taking a 50-foot dive into the water below.  In the video, nearly 700 emp ...

Every January, emperor penguin chicks travel to the ocean for their first swim. A rare phenomenon was caught on camera by National Geographic showing chicks jumping from a 50-foot cliff into water.

Facing a 50-foot drop-off, these chicks take the plunge into the icy waters in this first-ever footage.

National Geographic/Bertie GregoryFor the first time ever, filmmakers for National Geographic have captured the annual rite of passage many baby penguins take before they embark on their first swim: a daring leap from a towering ice shelf. The astounding new footage shows approximately 700 Emperor penguin chicks gathering precariously at the top of a sheer ice cliff, and one-by-one launching themselves into the icy waters 50-feet below. The footage was captured on location at Atka Bay, in Antarc

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