Isolated Penguin has an Existential Life Crisis

Penguin, Depressed. is a YouTube video with 7.7 million views showing a penguin isolating himself from his colony and embarking on a 5 000 kilometer journey to the mountains, towards his imminent death. The video is an excerpt from Werner Herzog’s documentary Encounters at the End of the World, shot...

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Main Author: tasinawesrberg
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Comment voit-on la ville ? 2023
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.58079/v7t9
https://villenumerique.hypotheses.org/7823
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Summary:Penguin, Depressed. is a YouTube video with 7.7 million views showing a penguin isolating himself from his colony and embarking on a 5 000 kilometer journey to the mountains, towards his imminent death. The video is an excerpt from Werner Herzog’s documentary Encounters at the End of the World, shot in and around McMurdo Station, an American research center located on the southern tip of Antarctica’s Ross Island (Cooke). Many scenes from the documentary depict a raw and matter-of-fact.