Some more good news. "Race home": Ukrainian polar explorers show a flock of penguins swimming across Antarctic glaciers A flock of penguins lives near the Ukraine Academic Varnadsky Antarctic Station. Polar explorers captured a large group of the birds moving along so-called "penguin highways"—deep, well-packed paths worn into the snow and ice. "Look at them racing home - and I didn't even speed up the footage! " the polar explorer tweeted in the video's caption. In the comments, users also joked about the speed of the penguins, suggesting that the only reason they run so fast is to get free food.: oleg_horainov/threads.