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In a rare break from documentary tradition, a BBC film crew in Antarctica chose compassion over protocol when several Emperor penguin mothers and their chicks became trapped in a ravine — unable to climb out to rejoin their colony. During an episode of Dynasties, viewers watched as exhausted penguins struggled up icy slopes, some chicks succumbing to brutal subzero temperatures that plunged to –76°F. When the crew returned after a storm, they made an unusual choice: to quietly help. Using shovel

Emperor penguin colonies are declining or vanishing in Antarctica where sea ice is melting and breaking up early due to climate change. The colony featured in March of the Penguins, narrated by Morgan Freeman, has plummeted to about half its size. We're asking the government to urgently protect emperor penguins under the Endangered Species Act. Join us: https://biodiv.us/3xbXo6F | Center for Biological Diversity