10 July 05
L'empereur
Waddle or toboggon if you have to, but do make it to see March of the Penguins, now playing on the independent movie theatre circuit. We went to see this documentary today about the breeding cycle of Emperor Penguins and thought it was fantastic.
One question I’m left with though is how did these penguins ever evolve to be laying their single eggs in the dead of the Antarctic winter?
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I’ve been fascinated by Emperor Penguins ever since I saw a BBC documentary about them during the winter months. Traveling all those kilometers deep into the interior just to lay their eggs and rear their offspring. You’d think that it would be so much easier to just remain along the coast. Watching them you get the eerie feeling that they are not from this planet.
One of my biggest dreams is to one day visit Antarctica. I think I would be ecstatic if I were ever offered a chance to spend some time there doing research (I’d love to do paintings and photographs of the landscapes). Watching the documentary I envied the people who made the film; it must have been hard and cold, but what fun!!!