Antarctic Waters

Hope Bay & Esperanza Station

Day 12: Tuesday, January 15, 2002

4:08 PM

We near Hope Bay at 4:10 PM

4:12 PM

Hope Bay 4:28 PM

Esperanza Station 4:30 PM

This is an Argentine research station. The area is rich in wild life. Penguin rookeries are scattered along the shoreline of Hope Bay. Below:

5:09 PM

A couple of the workers come out to see what's going on. They stand on a clear gray patch of rock in front of the red building. Seeing our big ship in this bay is an unique occurrence.

The colors in the O'Brien photo is much closer to those we saw that day.

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