The Penguin Whisperer in Antarctica

Antactica's wilderness and wildlife to the music of Fiona Joy Hawkins. Fiona is the 'Penguin Whisperer'. Travelling into the Antarctic Circle where less than 400 tourists go each year, this footage is rare and never been seen before. It is also rare because Fiona had to sit perfectly still for 30 minutes in minus 20 degrees singing to the penguins to get them to approach. Tourists are not allowed to get within 3 metres of wildlife, but in this case the penguin chicks came to her - thus giving her the nickname 'Penguine Whisperer. Also an award winning pianist, fiona has set this video to her own music which you can find on her website fionajoy.com or at i-tunes.

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Music

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• penguin
• whisperer
• fiona
• joy
• hawkins
• penguins
• antarctica
• piano
• ice
• boat
• travel
• freezing
• aquatic

[junkheadrev]

for 22,000 i could go to south africa more than ten times znd see some penguins,or buy a car

[fionajoy]

@junkheadrev ......ah yes, but then you wouldn't get to go to Antarctica. Its all relative and certainly those other things should come before trips to exotic locations. I would LOVE go to South Africa!!! From Australia that would cost a lot - the wildlife would be spectacular.

[supertrex2]

how much does it cost to go there?

[fionajoy]

@supertrex2 Hi There, I went in 2006 and it was $22,000 per person - NOT cheap - but only two tourist boats went into the Antarctic Circle at the time. You could always look at boats that go to the Antarctic Peninsula - but I suspect they will all be fairly similar. I went on an Orion Expedition cruise - call and see if they still do it??

[crazyds123456789]

How many penguins are there in antarctica .... i'm asking because i need to no for my project..

[fionajoy]

Jeez, wish I knew, there were 22,000 in the rookery I visited and there would be lots of them............so I couldn't even guess. Sorry I can't help there - maybe google it??? f

[Blake4014]

Such beautiful creatures.

[MrAmante01]

Nagyon-nagyon aranyos ! Gyönyörű szép a zene is és a klip is !

[Avalon041167]

Fiona, no matter how much I watch this video I cannot tire of it; the penguins, the wonderful scenary, especially the glaciers/ice bergs and the music as well. I am learning the piano and I hope one day I will play as well as you but like Antartica, its a long way off but its fun trying to get there and I am enjoying it very much.

[redgaridose]

Those penguins are cute

[132000Volts]

Great video and music, love the piano. That seal looks like he is having a good rest, do they normally eat penguins? I always assumed that penguins would be scared of humans

[crazyds123456789]

Ok thanks for helping anyways