These two images both showcase being lost and isolated in various forms.  Although the penguin in the top clip chose to walk away from his pack, he is still lost and destined for an unfortunate future as the researchers are not allowed to help him.  The researchers in the bottom clip are simulated being lost and caught in a storm that is not their choice. I think being lost is a common theme in this movie as most the people interviewed or talked about felt lost before they came to Antarctica and didn’t really have a home.  Some people were sneaking into other countries in sewer pipes even.

The scene with the penguin helps reveal why the researchers are there, there is a great unknown as to why some animals act the way that they do and why this animal would just get up and leave, a question many would ask why these researchers left their life to go to Antarctica.  These two shots also use varying camera angles that contrast the two pieces and feelings of being lost. In the first clip with the penguin they use a close up of the penguin when he is with the pack followed by very wide and long shots as he is walking into the abyss. With the researchers on the bottom there isn’t a big wide shot like the penguin that shows they are truly lost.  There are some wide shots but the frame is generally crowded and you don’t get the same feeling as the penguin alone with the backdrop of mountains.  This could be because the researchers are not truly alone.