{"id":166,"date":"2021-03-04T14:14:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T14:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/?p=166"},"modified":"2021-03-04T14:14:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T14:14:01","slug":"longer-daylight-to-penguin-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/2021\/03\/04\/longer-daylight-to-penguin-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Longer daylight to penguin walk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hard to believe that we are approaching halftime of our stay here.\u00a0 One obvious change: the days are getting longer.\u00a0 There is light in the morning when we wake up and later in the evening.\u00a0 One interesting thing: it starts to get light for about an hour or so before sunrise \u2013 almost like a gradual transition to day.\u00a0 The change is noticeable &#8211; and energizing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Temperatures are warming up too \u2013 after several weeks of colder temperatures we reached above freezing for a stretch of days.&nbsp; Sweet!&nbsp; The one downside to this weather:&nbsp; refreeze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-container-2 wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/03\/20210303_101409-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"168\" data-link=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/?attachment_id=168\" class=\"wp-image-168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/03\/20210303_101409-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/03\/20210303_101409-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/03\/20210303_101322-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"169\" data-link=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/?attachment_id=169\" class=\"wp-image-169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/03\/20210303_101322-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/03\/20210303_101322-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Navigating this for me can be trauma inducing.\u00a0 In college I slipped on ice walking back to my dorm and had to have knee surgery a week later, so yeah, it makes me nervous.\u00a0 The Finnish Meterologic Institutue issues\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi\/weather-warning-for-pedestrians\" target=\"_blank\">pedestrian warnings<\/a>\u00a0(so another thing to check for a weather junkie like me \u2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-04-at-8.14.32-AM-1024x736.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-04-at-8.14.32-AM-1024x736.png 1024w, https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-04-at-8.14.32-AM-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-04-at-8.14.32-AM-768x552.png 768w, https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-04-at-8.14.32-AM.png 1202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I purchased grips for my shoes to help navigate, but until the temperatures warm up more, please excuse me while I\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2016\/1\/24\/10822806\/three-tips-to-walk-on-ice-do-it-like-a-penguin\" target=\"_blank\">penguin walk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Walk like a Penguin\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xfN60UTBtqg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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