World Penguin Day is celebrated on 25 April each year.

Important Days

World Penguin Day is celebrated on 25 April each year. World Penguin Day was established in large part thanks to McMurdo Station, an American research centre on Ross Island. Around this time each year, scientists there observed the Adélie penguins beginning their migration. National Penguin Day began in 1972 when Gerry Wallace wrote the event on his wife's (Aleta's) calendar in Alamogordo, California. They later brought the celebration to the Naval Weapons Center in Ridgecrest, California where the Penguin Patrol made the news. April 25th is also the date that the Adelie penguins begin their migration northward toward Antartica. This migration takes place so that the penguins can have access to food during the winter months.


     

     

     

 

     


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