Porphyry Glacier

64.53°S 62.50°W

Easily the most photogenic place on our journey, Paradise Bay was named for the ease with which whalers used to be able to hunt whale here.

Now the home of Argentinian research station Almirante Brown, Paradise Bay immediately moved us to tears when we stepped on to the deck for the first time here.

It is tranquil beyond words. The water was a mirror, not a breath of wind, the only sound whales blowing all around the bay.

We hiked up to a panoramic viewpoint to take in the entire bay, and had another incredibly successful whale watching tour. The whales here just didn't care that you're around, and we got appreciate the humpbacks feeding up close and personal.

We saw them lunge feeding, we saw the adults teaching the calves to bubble net feed, and we were surrounded at times by these whales feeding on the abundant krill.

As much as I try, there just aren't words to convey how spectacular it was to be surrounded by all this.Read more