Cuverville Island Vacations, Cuverville Island Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

The second landing on Sunday afternoon was at Waterboat Point, where the Chilean Presidente Gabriel González Videla Station is located. The station was surrounded by a penguin colony, and because of the sheltered location, the smell here was much worse than at the other locations. The station had a small museum and souvenir shop (nothing of interest there). It is hard to imagine how people could spend the winter in these small bases with no supply ship for 6 months, and nothing but bitter co...

Sunrise 02:20, sunset 23:56We spent the morning at Paradise Bay. There were a Chilean and an Argentine base here. The Argentine one called Almirante Brown was closed due to financial problems. The bay had a lot of wild life, we saw nests for blue eyed shags on the cliff, arctic terns, and painted petrels (pintado petrels) also. On the cliffs were also lichens, the most we have seen so far anywhere. We took a zodiac tour around the bay, close to a glacier enough to see it but very far away in ...

Cuverville Island or Île de Cavelier de Cuverville is a dark, rocky island lying in Errera Channel between Arctowski Peninsula and the northern part of Rongé Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. Cuverville Island is located at 64°41′S, 62°38′W. Cuverville Island was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897-1899) under Adrien de Gerlache, who named it for J.M.A. Cavelier de Cuverville (1834-1912), a vice admiral of the French Navy. In summer Cuverville is often ...