Penguins are the "in" theme this winter!
With the new film “Happy Feet” opening and Penguin Week on Channel 5 this Christmas, it’s clear that penguins are THE theme for this winter. So the Adelie project (the e-learning research project, named after a species of penguin, at the University of Leicester on which I am working at the moment) is right in fashion…
The film “Happy Feet” features a tuneless baby Emperor Penguin (Mumble) who is rejected by his fellow Emperor penguins only to be embraced by a posse of wacky Adelie penguins called the Adelie Amigos. Comparisons should NOT be drawn with our Spanish-speaking Adelie team member!
From 18th December Penguin Week on channel FIVE will air every evening at 7.15 pm. Filmmaker Nigel Marven meets and documents four different species of penguin in their own environment – the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. These will include King, Chinstrap and Gentoo penguins – will the fourth species be Adelie?