Penguin Discovery (2018)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2018-03-09
Duration: 00:04:31
Subjects: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.) | Scientific research | Penguins | Antarctica
Contributors:
- Moreau, Andre Host
- Crews, Keith Photographer
- Polito, Michael Interviewee
Description
This segment from the March 9, 2018, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Andre Moreau’s interview with Dr. Michael Polito, an assistant professor of oceanography at Louisiana State University (LSU) and a member of a group of American researchers studying penguins in Antarctica. He discusses the researchers’ recent discovery of a super colony of Adélie penguins on the Dangers Islands off the coast of Antarctica.