Paradise Bay Zodiac Cruise

It was not a particularly nice morning - it began to snow a bit when I went out in the zodiac cruise in Paradise Bay.

We headed towards Brown Station, a reconstruction of a former Argentinian research station which was burnt down in 1984 by the station's doctor (another website says it was a physicist) who didn't want to stay over winter there. It was rebuilt but abandoned in 2000 but been operated sporadically again in the summer since 2007.

There was another expedition ship in the area and its guests were doing landings at the base, and heading up a hill for walks but we were only doing zodiac cruises around and about the area.

According to the earlier morning group's zodiac cruise, a whale had been spotted in the bay, but we didn't see it. There was a large colony of blue eyed shags (cormorants) on a cliff face and it is nesting season for them.

We are heading towards Neko Harbour now for this afternoon's expedition landing.Read more