On our way back north we stopped at Esperanza Station in Hope Bay the permanent Argentinian Antarctic base manned all year.
The stone structure above was home to 17 men from a wrecked ship for 7 months until there rescue.
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| this toilet is now disused |
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| Part of a Gentoo colony on Esperanza |
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| White Nellie (Southern Giant Petrel) flying round the station |
Next morning we arrived at Elephant Island where we were very lucky to be able to make a Zodiac landing. Normally it is far to rough to land on this rocky island.
Ashore we were greeted by Elephant Seals and a few Weddell seals.
A few Chinstraps and Gentoo's were on the beach.
On the way back to the ship the Zodiac went to a small cove where there was a small colony of Macaroni Penguins.
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