It is also the driest place on the planet. In this harsh landscape, only the most enduring fauna thrive. An unexpected inhabitant of this region is the Humboldt penguin, or Spheniscus humboldti.
Like the polar bear on the opposite pole, the emperor penguin endures almost unfathomable hardships to breed and nurture each new generation — fasting for months through the planet's harshest winter ...
and the coins will depict as its focal point one of the planet’s most unusual and unique species of bird, the King Penguin. The Falkland Islands have become known as the penguin capital of the ...
Like the polar bear on the opposite pole, the emperor penguin endures almost unfathomable hardships to breed and nurture each new generation — fasting for months through the planet's harshest winter ...