A lone penguin's journey into Antarctica's mountains has captured global attention. This 2007 documentary footage now ...
The surprising thing about this clip is that it’s from 2007, but it suddenly went viral on social media in January 2026.
“He would neither go towards the feeding grounds at the end of the ice or return to the colony,” Herzog says sombrely.
Filmmaker Werner Herzog has shared the story behind a penguin scene from his 2007 documentary that has resurfaced online as the ‘lonely penguin’.