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.
Arriving at Paradise Bay! Time to get geared up again…
Argentina’s Almirante Brown Antarctic Base
Argentina’s Almirante Brown Antarctic Base in Paradise Bay
The zodiac was bobbing up and down too much for me to get a good shot of the whales hanging around the area.
Crabeater Seal popping up to say hello
Small colony of blue-eyed shags
Blue-eyed Shag
Calving of the glacier
These two seals are both injured, not sure if they are exhausted from the fight or actually dead…
Weddell Seal
Weddell Seal
Passenger photographing the sunset as we leave Paradise Bay
Spotted some ocras and the captain turned the ship around to follow them for a bit
Ocra spotted
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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6 Responses
It looks awesome! I’m very jealous! Thanks for sharing. Greetings from London.
Thanks! It was truly a trip of a lifetime. Stay safe wherever you are. Hope can travel again soon! 😃
Looks amazing, beautiful pictures. I would love to see this one day.
It’s a trip of a lifetime. Hope you are well wherever you are. Thanks for stopping by! 😃
Omg! These are such extremely gorg pics. Hands down some of the best ones I’ve seen of Antarctica’s. So jealous! This is a bucket list of mine, almost like a long-term goal indeed. Congrats on such a once in a lifetime experience and hi from a new follower!
Thank you for your kind words 🙂