PARADISE BAY – BROWN STATION
The first visit to mainland Antarctica was the continental landing at Brown station, an abandoned Argentine research station along Paradise Bay, recognisable by its Big Argentine flag painted on the roof aswell as the side walls of some of the cabins.
Here I set my first steps on Antarctic land and spotted the first penguins on land.
The ortelius boat was anchored and with a zodiac I arrived on land.
After walking around for a few hours admiring the scenery, observing the behaviour of penguins around people, I knew it was something out of the ordinary and it gave me a privileged feeling of being at a spot not many people have visited yet.
This visit was in the afternoon, as in the morning I have been kayaking, one of the options you can subscribe yourself for when going on a Antarctica cruise. More here
Brown station
Argentinian flag painted on the roof of the main cabin
arrival by zodiac
Gentoo Penguins at Brown station
Mountain reflecting in the water, just like a mirror
great view on Paradise Bay
Expedition Vessel Ortelius waiting for us to come back by zodiac later
Chinstrap Penguins
Chinstrap Penguins jumping out of the water on the rocks, amazing
