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. I don't think they quite realized that there were 21 of us waiting. But just a small bunch will visit their station. As we wait, it begins to snow.