Antarctica 8: Paradise Bay Feb 2020

Paradise Bay is lauded as one of the most beautiful locations on the Antarctic Peninsula.  Everything that is Antarctica can be found here: steel-blue waters, giant glaciers, icebergs, gentoo penguins, crabeater seals, and whales.  It is frequented by whalers since the 1920s who coined the name “Paradise Harbor” until commercial whaling was banned here in 1986.  Nowadays, Paradise Bay and Neko Harbor are the only two harbors used for cruise ships to stop on the white continent and is also home to Argentina’s Almirante Brown Antarctic Base and Chile’s Gonzalez Videla Antarctic Base.  Argentina’s Almirante Brown Antarctic Base sits on top of a rocky perch and has been in operation since 1951 although only open in the summer months since 1984.  We saw some of the staff busy packing and getting ready to close up the station as we are soon entering the end of the summer season.   Paradise Bay is truly a perfect place for zodiac rides to spot whales, see the seals resting on the icebergs, and the calving of the glaciers.

Time to leave the Antarctic Peninsula 😢  From Paradise Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula, we sailed northeast towards Deception Island of the South Shetland Islands.  Stay tuned!

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