Antarctic Stories: Leading for Nature
Dr Anjani Ganase looks at leadership for changing the world and our relationship with nature. As we head to Port Lockroy, a natural harbour where a British outpost station sits on the tiny Goudier Island, we see collective leadership being displayed in nature. We cruise to the island that is not more than 200 m in diameter and observe that half the island is shared by several colonies Gentoo penguins, some with over 200 breeding pairs and the remainder is managed by the UK Heritage Trust who arrive every summer to safeguard the site for visitors and the penguins. As we climb onto the island along the designated path shovelled out by the station team, the penguins also march up the side of the island in a very orderly fashion walking along their penguin paths patted down by their feet. The penguins move together in small clusters and always with a leader to follow. If an obstacle arises the leader may change to another path based on their positioning in the gro...