A year in the life of Antarctic penguins caught on camera
2,154 views · Published 11 April 2012 · 1:15 · Indexed 23 September 2026
Channel: ZSL - Zoological Society of London · 2012 · Pets & Animals
http://www.zsl.org/conservation/regions/antarctica/ Sixteen "hidden" cameras planted by scientists have survived some of the planet's harshest winter conditions to capture the annual activities of penguin colonies in Antarctica. Researchers from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) journeyed over 9,000 miles south to set up 16 cameras around Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic Island of South Georgia. Penguin research normally takes place in the summer, when scientists can get to the colonies, but they often miss the start of breeding. Now, time-lapse cameras have allowed researchers to record parts of the penguin life cycle which normally go unseen, when humans are not there. The footage captured gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) at Brown Bluff on the Antarctic Peninsula and King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) huddling over winter at Salisbury Plain on South Georgia. The camera at Brown Bluff was covered by a snow drift for part of the winter, but continued to take photos throughout.
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