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Dr. Dean Gushee – The Risky Life of Emperor Penguins in Antarctica
May 13, 2021 @ 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
This talk documents the risks that emperor penguins take at the ice edge while coming and going to sea in search of food for their chicks. This story starts after the ‘March of the Penguins’, when adults make an arduous journey from their nesting sites to find food. It focuses on how emperors avoid their major predator, the leopard seal. But, it is also a documentary of what it is to be on a National Geographic expedition; the extreme effort, the risks, and the many resources that go into a story for the magazine.
Dr. Gushee is the Chief Medical Officer for Mason Health in Shelton, with a Masters degree in biological oceanography from Oregon State University. He has a life-long interest in the natural world, and in exploration and travel. He also works as an expedition physician with National Geographic and Lindblad Expeditions, a leading ecotourism provider traveling to many unusual parts of the globe. He has traveled to Antarctica 18 times and finds it one of the most interesting places on the planet. He has a serious interest in photography and has had some of the best teachers in the world! He was inducted into The Explorers Club in 2013.