The Antarctic Sound is the 60 km long body of water that separates Trinity Peninsula from the Joinville islands at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. The Sound was first explored by Anton Larsen in 1902 and is known for the treacherous ice conditions.

Hope Bay is located halfway down the Sound, and is a breeding area for Gentoo and Adelie penguins.
Esperanze Base, a permanent Argentine civilian research station sits at the south shore of this bay. Must be fertile grounds as at least 10 people were born here.

 

In February 2008 we entered the Sound from the north for a visit to Esperanza, but scores of ice floes and a series of large icebergs soon forced the captain to turn the Star Princess around. They don"t  call this place iceberg alley for nothing.

 

But despite the strong and freezing winds we enjoyed the view of majestic icebergs drifting by.