Cut Bank Penguin

Cut Bank Penguin
The Cut Bank Penguin in 2024
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48°37′47.54″N 112°19′1.12″W / 48.6298722°N 112.3169778°W / 48.6298722; -112.3169778
LocationCut Bank, Montana
MaterialConcrete
Height27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)

The Cut Bank Penguin is a statue in Cut Bank, Montana. It is 27 feet (8.2 m) tall and weighs five tons,[1] and is of a cartoon penguin wearing a red hat on an iceberg. Text on the iceberg reads, "Welcome to Cut Bank MT, Coldest Spot in the Nation." The statue was built in 1989 by Ron Gustafson, who got the idea for it after the wind chill in Cut Bank hit −64 °F (−53 °C).[2] In an interview with American Road on why he built the statue, Ron Gustafson stated:

When I was younger, the City of Cut Bank had garbage cans downtown that were shaped like penguins. I don’t know where they came from, but when I remembered those, I knew I was going to build a penguin.

— Ron Gustafson

The statue's claim that Cut Bank is the "coldest spot in the nation", likely referring to just the lower 48 states, is still up for debate.[3] The statue originally had a hidden speaker so the penguin could "talk" to people, but it is no longer part of the statue.[4]

In 2013, a similar-looking statue, nicknamed "Ernie", was built in Innisfree, Alberta, for the film Cut Bank;[5] it is not as tall as the Cut Bank Penguin, and the text on the iceberg reads "Welcome to Innisfree, Home of the Cut Bank Penguin.

References

  1. ^ "Penguin Colossus at Coldest Spot, Cut Bank, Montana". RoadsideAmerica.com. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  2. ^ "World's Largest Penguin Statue, world record in Cut Bank, Montana". www.worldrecordacademy.org. 2023-11-20. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  3. ^ "Coldest Place in The Nation". NonStop Local Montana. 2018-07-27. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  4. ^ Repp, Thomas Arthur (Winter 2014). "Cut Bank Penguin". American Road. p. 58.
  5. ^ "Innisfree, AB, Canada - Ernie the Cut Bank Penguin". RoadsideAmerica.com. Retrieved 2024-05-21.


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