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Whalers dominated the Antarctic waters in the early 1900's and late 1800's. They would beach a whale in the late winter, and then remove what they needed off the carcass in the summer.
Paradise Harbour was so named by whalers in the early years of this century. Gentoo penguins have set up rookeries in and around the left over bones of whales killed 80-90 years ago. A number of glaciers empty into this harbour on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula.
Photo by: Nydia R. Hanna, MV Marco Polo, December 30, 1995 |
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