Paradise Harbour

Paradise Harbour is a sheltered bay on the Danco Coast walled in by glaciers and ice cliffs, so still on a calm day that the mountains stand mirrored in the water. Argentina's Brown Station sits on a rocky point at its edge, and a steep hill behind it is climbed for the view and slid down on the snow. Chile's González Videla base, with its gentoo colony, lies on the far side. Skontorp Cove at the head of the bay ends in a wall of blue calving ice. It is one of the classic places for zodiac cruising and kayaking in Antarctica.