Baby Emperor Penguins Launch Off Towering Ice Shelf for First Swim in National Geographic Footage
The rite of passage only occurs in January, when the sea surrounding the fledglings’ home is at its most volatile.
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The rite of passage only occurs in January, when the sea surrounding the fledglings’ home is at its most volatile.
Hundreds of baby penguins bravely dove off a massive 50-foot cliff for their first ever swim in the icy Antarctic waters below, incredible new footage shows.
Amazing footage released for the first time by National Geographic shows dozens of baby penguins bravely diving from a towering 15-metre-high cliff into the icy waters of Antarctica for the first time.Award-winning National Geographic cinematographer Bertie Gregory spent two months observing a colon
A National Geographic film crew was visiting Atka Bay on the Ekstrom Ice Shelf, when they spotted approximately 700 emperor penguin chicks gathering at the edge of a cliff.
The moment emperor penguin chicks jump off a 50-foot cliff in Antarctica has been captured on video for the first time. National Geographic and Bertie Gregory have released “unprecedented” footage from Atka Bay in which approximately 700 fledglings embarking on their very first swim find a huge drop blocking their path. Some emperor colonies have been raising chicks high up on permanent ice shelves; while scientists have witnessed the enormous jumps before, it has never been filmed for television. The rare footage will feature in Secrets of the Penguins in April 2025 for National Geographi...