Commentary
In 2007, German filmmaker Werner Herzog released “Encounters at the End of the World,” a documentary about Antarctica. Millions of penguins inhabit the frigid continent, and of the many recorded by Herzog, there was one the filmmaker said caught the film crew’s eye. Situated among a small group, it was “the one in the center.” This penguin had stopped, seemingly considering his choices between “the feeding grounds at the edge of the ice” or a “return to the colony.” But the penguin chose neither.
