Those adorable little guys are captives of the New England Aquarium, which is awesome. But you know what's even more awesome? Where they're from. Well, not these ones in particular. They hail from South Africa. But their more famous King, Emperor, and Gentoo cousins
Only 9 years and 9 months until I board a boat bound for Antarctica! How's that for alliteration? I'm dreaming of glaciers and penguins and a sturdy hull crushing through the surface ice. I'm dreaming of setting forth through the frigid waters in an inflatable kayak, of standing on the bow, breathing in the crisp air and admiring the vast expanses of ice and sea. It's going to be, in the words of one Barney Stinson, legen-
-DARY. Oh, yes.
