A Chilean base at Paradise Bay

February 1, 1994

Approaching the base

Our landing site was the new Chilean base (newer than the burned up Argentinian base, at least!), which was farther into the bay, surrounded by a huge Gentoo Penguin rookery.

The Chilean base inside Paradise Bay (the two pictures overlap slightly)

We were in the first landing group, but I got to the Polo Lounge late, so I had to wait for one of the later zodiacs in our group. There were more Gentoos swimming in the bay on our way in, and lots of ice. I noted as we traveled over the bay that the mountain behind the ship remained roughly the same apparent size, while the ship shrunk quickly. It gave a real idea of the immensity of scale in the bay.


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