A small collection of boxes covered in tarps and rocks up an easy rise from a beach which is a shelf of ice. But this is small and not noticed, first we see a flag and orange buildings with people standing and looking out at us. There is a Spanish and an Argentine station here, we do not know for sure but believe the base to be of Spain. I must not allow myself to forget, this place is of few colors but of great and wondrous beauty. I will ask later, but it is ringed by an array of snow capped peaks and all is crystalline in appearance.
Every direction is a wonder, every angle and view.
A Zodiac goes ashore with a small crew. The leader of our research group on it and some others. Protocol requires a call in advance when barging in on other nations. No matter that no flag here claims land or right under any treaty, manners are manners. A brief chat and the Spanish welcome all who care to visit.