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1959
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8 MAY 1959 FLIGHT NATURAL SURVIVAL <RS*> SERIES 1 The Emperor HAS THE EGG AT HIS FEET Survival in ice-bound Antarctica presents a challengeto Aptenodytes forsteri — the Emperor penguin. Im- mobility and conservation of body heat is their firstline of defence against the intense cold. But breeding is the big problem. Without even the sparsest vegetation,even pebbles, available to their more Northerly cousins, a new-laid egg could quickly become a 'frozen' asset.So the female, as soon as she lays her egg, rests it off the ice on her feet, snugly wrapped in a pouch of skin.Twenty-four hours later she transfers this duty to her mate and sets off across the pack ice to the sea, some 125 miles away. There she feeds and feeds, and, fat and full, she returns two months later exactly, just before the chick is hatched. Now it's the mate's turn to go and feed — and it's turn and turn-about until young Emperor is old enough to fend for himself. Appropriately, survival and protection from exposure under similar conditions is but one of the problems en- countered, and largely overcome, by R.F.D. in their inflatable liferafts. A matter of particular significance to airlines exploring the polar routes. COMPAN< ARB and MOS Design Approved AIB/SEA SURVIVAL INFLATABLE LIFERAFTS, LIFEJACKETS AND OTHER AERONAUTICAL EQUIPMENT R.F.D. COMPANY LIMITED • GODALMING • SURREY • TELEPHONE: GODALMING 1441 Also in N. Ireland, Australia, Canada, Africa, Holland, Sweden, France, Denmark, Germany.
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