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The king penguin is a large species of penguin, second only to the emperor penguin in size. King penguins eat small fish, mainly lanternfish, and squid. They are less reliant on krill and other crustaceans than most Southern Ocean predators. On foraging trips king penguins repeatedly dive to over 100 meters (300 ft), and have been recorded at depths greater than 300 meters (1,000 ft). King penguins breed on the subantarctic islands at the northern reaches of Antarctica, South Georgia, and other temperate islands of the region. King penguins do not live or breed in Westarctica.

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-'''[[Charles Wilkes]]''' was an [[United States Navy|American naval]] officer, ship's captain, and explorer. The Exploring Expedition, commonly known as the "Wilkes Expedition," included naturalists, botanists, a mineralogist, taxidermists, artists and a philologist, and it was carried by USS ''Vincennes'' (780 tons) and [[USS Peacock|USS ''Peacock'']] (650 tons), the brig USS ''Porpoise'' (230 tons), the store-ship USS ''Relief'', and two schooners, USS ''Sea Gull'' (110 tons) and USS ''Flying Fish'' (96 tons).
+The '''[[king penguin]]''' is a large species of [[penguin]], second only to the [[emperor penguin]] in size. King penguins eat small fish, mainly lanternfish, and squid. They are less reliant on [[krill]] and other crustaceans than most [[Southern Ocean]] predators. On foraging trips king penguins repeatedly dive to over 100 meters (300 ft), and have been recorded at depths greater than 300 meters (1,000 ft). King penguins breed on the subantarctic islands at the northern reaches of [[Antarctica]], South Georgia, and other temperate islands of the region. King penguins do not live or breed in [[Westarctica]].
-Departing from Hampton Roads on 18 August 1838, the expedition stopped at the Madeira Islands and Rio de Janeiro; visited Tierra del Fuego, Chile, Peru, the Tuamotu Archipelago, Samoa, and New South Wales; from Sydney sailed into the [[Southern Ocean|Antarctic Ocean]] in December 1839 and reported the discovery "of an [[Antarctica|Antarctic continent]] west of the [[Balleny Islands]]" of which it sighted the coast on 25 January 1840.
-<p><small>Artist: Thomas Sully</small></p>
+<p><small>Photographer: Liam Quinn from Canada</small></p>
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