Paradise Bay

This afternoon we traveled to Paradise Bay where we did a combination zodiac cruise around the bay and a landing at an Argentine Base that is not currently in use.  Once the Argentinians return later this summer, landings there won't be possible.

The bay brought fabulous experiences with seals.  One Weddell seal in particular was lounging on an iceberg and seemed to know we were watching him.  He moved around and gave us several different poses.  Later, there were another six Weddell seals sleeping on shore. The morning snow continued all afternoon giving us a very wintry scene even though it's summer here.

We made a brief landing at Brown Base and hiked up a small snow-covered hill for nice views of the bay.  There were a couple of rookeries of gentoo penguins who had created well worn penguin highways they used extensively during our visit.

For me, the highlight was the very personable seal.  I took quite a few pics, but these are a few of the really good ones.