Paradise Bay - Antarctica

We landed at the Argentine Almirante Brown station, which is situated on the mainland of the Antarctic Peninsula here in Paradise Bay. As our feet planted themselves firmly on the Antarctic continent itself, many of us realized that we had reached the milestone of having set foot on all seven continents. Up the stairs and past the bright orange buildings, we found ourselves face to face with a breeding colony of gentoo penguins and a few snowy sheathbills.

Afterwards, we boarded the zodiacs for a tour of the bay. Some of us stopped at a colony of blue-eyed shags, tending to their young perched on precipitous ledges high above us on a cliff face. Out in the bay, patches of brash ice and stunning icebergs were everywhere, constantly shifting their positions on the tide and currents. We also came across a large glacier stretching all the way down to the water, and a bar boat which supplied us with champagne to toast our continental landing.

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• glaciers
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• snowy sheathbill
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