Armed with low-tech gear and high-minded notions that penguin populations hold the key to human survival, Ron Naveen and his intrepid biologists have tracked 200 colonies of penguins over half a million square miles for more than 20 years. They’ve learned that penguins truly are the canaries in the coalmine. Ron believes the penguins are sending game-changing signals about how to cope with one of the world’s most rapidly warming climates and increasingly volatile weather.

Directed and produced by Peter Getzels and Harriet Gordon Getzels.

 

Penguin Counters

2015 US 65 min
Festival Year: 2015
Types: Documentary
Topic: Climate Change, Wildlife