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 In this edition of People and Places we meet Meredith Hooper, who's been to Antarctica to get to know the penguins! Scientists believe that the penguins who depend on ice for their survival are declining in numbers because of climate change - the sea ice is melting and the penguins are losing the ice they need to build their nests on. Find out why Meredith thinks the penguins are rather like strong, aggressive people who live in an extremely beautiful place. And you can find out more about the language of this week's programme, below.
Vocabulary from the programme enchanted charmed, delighted habitat home environment a sculpture a three-dimensional piece of art forbidding dangerous, threatening classic of the highest quality, a perfect example of its kind and the 'human words' Meredith uses to describe the penguins: noisy, aggressive, tough, determined Extras 
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