Travel Bug Dog Tag Penguin Peter

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Released:
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Origin:
South Africa
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Current Goal

To travel from cache to cache telling his story

About This Item

Penguin Peter

Peter the Penguin became a celebrity when in June 2000 a ship called the Treasure spilled a large amount of oil near Cape Town, South Africa which threatened the two penguin colonies on Robben Island* and Dassen Island. Peter was one of the twenty thousand birds taken from the islands before they could be affected by the spill and transported by road to Port Elizabeth (+- 700km) and released into the sea. The idea was that the spill would have been cleared up by the time they arrived back. Radio transmitters were attached to Peter and two companions and their journey was tracked by satellite. To read more of this interesting story go to http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/stats/adu/oilspill/sapmap.htm

*where Nelson Mandela spent the largest part of his 27 years in prison.

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Tracking History (54281mi) View Map

Visited 7/27/2015 narten84 took it to Kongevegen - Jutlamannen Vestland, Norway   Visit Log
Write note 7/27/2015 oyvindkl posted a note for it   Visit Log

not in cache!
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/25/2015 narten84 retrieved it from Kråkvika Innlandet, Norway   Visit Log

Picked this up and taking it on a trip to Bergen

  • Peter saying goodbye Kråkvika and going to bergen Peter saying goodbye Kråkvika and going to bergen
Dropped Off 7/25/2015 Swimzy81 placed it in Kråkvika Innlandet, Norway - 23.89 miles  Visit Log
  • Penguin Peter
Discovered It 7/20/2015 Team OlMe discovered it   Visit Log

Så den på Dokka

  • Pingvin Ønsker deg god tur videre.
Discovered It 6/22/2015 blaamyra62 discovered it   Visit Log

Sett på event ved Søndagsmyrdammen
Discovered It 6/21/2015 team midtboen discovered it   Visit Log

Fikk ett Glimt av den på event Lunde brua😃
Discovered It 6/21/2015 team murpuss discovered it   Visit Log

Så denne på event ved Lunde Bru
Discovered It 6/21/2015 Hakkespett discovered it   Visit Log

Så den på eventet ved Lundebrue🙂
Discovered It 6/21/2015 SiSve discovered it   Visit Log

Så den på event ved Lunde Bru
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