Updated: March 15, 2024

(7 Feb 2012)
Dubai – 5 February, 2012
1. Penguins walking towards camera
2. Various of penguins
3. Close up of one penguin running, pan to a group of them walking towards a trainer
4. People watching from the mall window
5. Skiers on artificial ski slope
6. Various of slope
7. Set up of operations manager from Ski Dubai Tom Scheffer with penguin trainers
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Scheffer, Operations manager from Ski Dubai :
“After operating for six years, Ski Dubai obviously offered a lot of fun to our guests, and we felt that it was a great point in time to start educating people and bringing awareness about issues around the world and our environment and so forth. And we found that the birds, together with SeaWorld our partner, were a great point to allow our guests to learn about the environment and our surroundings.”
9. Penguins being fed
10. Close up of trainer’s face, pull out to wide
11. Various of people at the ticket office
12. Close up of screen with pictures of cartoon penguins reading (in English) “They Have Arrived”
13. Various of penguins
14. Penguins climbing hill to a trainer
15. Penguins on window sill of mall being watched by people then skidding down hill
16. Trainers blowing bubbles at penguins
17. Penguins trying to catch bubbles
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Voxpop, Ehadeer Al Shayeb :
“I really like wanted to touch them because I love penguins. And they’re quite cute and they’re playful, they’re like puppies.”
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Voxpop, Raghave Sharma :
“I think it’s a great initiative. We’ve not seen penguins. We’ve seen dolphins, seals and all, but we’ve not seen penguins anywhere. This is a very good initiative. This part of the world getting penguins. It’s a great achievement.”
20. Woman watching penguin swim
21. Interior apres-ski cafe, tilt down
22. SOUNDBITE: (English) Judy Petersen-Fleming, Wildlife consultant :
“This is the perfect environment. It is pristine snow. There is no chemicals whatsoever and there’s different levels and playground and heights for penguins to play in. But this is a place, in the bustling city of Dubai to try to connect people to nature. So for me it was a perfect place to try to create that awareness of where these amazing birds live, the Antarctic.”
23. Girl stroking penguin as part of the “Peng Friend” programme
24. Boy and father watching
25. Girl with penguin
26. Trainers playing with penguins
27. Penguins standing by pond
28. Crowds watching
29. Boy touching penguin
30. Penguin with ball
31. Various of penguins
LEADIN :
Twenty penguins are settling in to their new home – Dubai – one of the hottest places in the world.
They’re sharing their new home with skiers and snow boarders at one of the emirates indoor ski slopes.
STORYLINE:
These penguins are getting used to their new home. This isn’t Antarctica or even a cold country.
This is Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, where temperatures soar and the desert’s scorched by the sun.
The penguins’ new home is part of an indoor ski slope.
The 20 penguins have been imported to Ski Dubai from SeaWorld in the USA.
Raised by humans the penguins are part of an international breeding programme.
The ski slope is looking to expand its activities to include not just skiing and snow boarding but also penguin encounters.
Members of the public will be able to pay to spend time with a penguin, have their pictures taken and learn about the birds.
All snow park visitors get to witness the penguins at play at certain times of the day.
Trainers from different parts of the world have been hired to lead the penguin programmes and look after the birds.
Ehadeer Al Shayeb is from Kuwait. She says she is thrilled to be able to see the penguins up close.
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