Just above Antarctica, off the island of South Georgia, lies a breeding hot spot for elephant seals and king penguins known as Gold Harbour.
Filmmaker Richard Sidey captures incredible raw footage and the natural sound of this wild bounty for part of his series, Speechless.
With the absence of narrative, the viewer is left to create their own narrative and their own experience, without being told what to think.
It gives everyone the possibility of seeing these places for what they are without the restrictions of cost and the environmental impact,” he says.
This video was first published by National Geographic on 12 Dec 2014.
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” |
― Albert Einstein |
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