9/12/2023 0 Comments Iceberg movie bbc![]() JK: One incredible animal moment where I suddenly thought, ‘OK, that’s in the film’: when a penguin manages to escape the jaws of a leopard seal and climbs onto an iceberg. SM: Were there any amazing moments of animal behaviour that you witnessed? A young gentoo penguin sporting some of its remaining down feathers in mohawk style. That’s a really sweet moment and it makes it all the harder when they then jump in the ice sea and they’ve got to somehow escape the jaws of a massive leopard seal. They’re sat next to you waiting to go in and then some of them fall a sleep maybe a couple of meters away, so trusting. They fed us, played music, danced with us – we were all in our full Antarctic gear with boots and everything, and we would dance with them in the evenings, so that was a wonderful memory.Īnd of course, the memory of all the penguins when all the chicks had grown up and shed all their fluffy feathers and they all walk down to the sea for their first swim. JK: We were working with some Argentinian scientists who were the most hospitable, friendly people. SM: Can you share some of your most memorable moments from the film shoot? Producer Jonny Keeling sitting on the Antarctic coastline surrounded by thousands of penguins. ![]() It means it’s great for the giant screen because you can get really nice and close and it makes it feel intimate, like you’re really there. You go to so many places in the rest of the world and animals run away or they’re scarce, and actually in Antarctica, there are penguins sat right next to you. And what I loved as well is that they aren’t afraid of us at all. When we went to film with leopard seals, there were just thousands upon thousands of penguins. You look out from the side of the boat and there are killer whales, minke whales, humpback whales, sei whales – and then pods of penguins swimming as well. JK: I think it was just the amount of wildlife. SM: What surprised you the most about the icy continent? Gentoo penguins gather on an iceberg before heading out to sea to feed. It genuinely felt like we’d arrived on another planet. Whale after whale and penguin after penguin and full of wildlife and these beautifully sculpted icebergs. ![]() It was like something I’d never seen before, where there’s no sign of humanity at all and just literally hundreds of whales. My first impression of seeing land having been thrown around on a boat, feeling like I was a weightless astronaut, was a sense of relief. We sailed from Ushuaia at the bottom of Argentina through an incredible storm with waves about ten meters high for two days. Jonny Keeling: It was an amazing journey. Science Museum: What was your first impression of Antarctica? To celebrate World Antarctica Day, we spoke to Producer of BBC Earth’s Antarctica 3D, Jonny Keeling, about what it was like to film in the coldest, driest, windiest place on Earth for the giant screen.
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