Approaching the baseOur landing site was the new Chilean base (newer than the burned up Argentinian base, at least!), which was farther into the bay, surrounded by a huge Gentoo Penguin rookery.
The Chilean base inside Paradise Bay (the two pictures overlap slightly)
We were in the first landing group, but I got to the Polo Lounge late, so I had to wait for one of the later zodiacs in our group. There were more Gentoos swimming in the bay on our way in, and lots of ice. I noted as we traveled over the bay that the mountain behind the ship remained roughly the same apparent size, while the ship shrunk quickly. It gave a real idea of the immensity of scale in the bay.