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  • A drone sits on barren grey soil in Antarctica, while a penguin stands in the foreground, his head cocked to his right as he looks at his surroundings.
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    Five Spanish researchers for the government-sponsored polar research project PiMetAn have carried out more than 100 drone flights over Antarctica to survey penguin colonies and perform other tasks. (PiMetAn Project)

  • A drone sits on barren grey soil in Antarctica, while a penguin stands in the foreground, his head cocked to his right as he looks at his surroundings.

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