Deception Island has become a popular tourist stop in Antarctica because of its several colonies of Chinstrap Penguins, as well as the novel possibility of making a warm bath by digging into the sands of the beach.
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In 1961, Argentina's president Arturo Frondizi visited the island to show his country's interest.
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Baily Head, a prominent headland forming the easternmost extremity of the island, has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a very large breeding colony of Chinstrap Penguins (100,000 pairs).
Deception Island is the name of a real island, found among the South Shetland Islands.
Bases were established during February near the abandoned Norwegian whaling station on Deception Island, where the Union Flag was hoisted in place of Argentine flags, and at Port Lockroy (on February 11) on the coast of Graham Land.
Footage is catch on board the expedition ship, the Calypso, but also at land (for example at Deception Island), underwater, over sea ice or from the air, by means of a hot air balloon and a helicopter.
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In 2010, the race was held on King George Island, the largest of the South Shetland islands and home to many national scientific bases; Deception Island, which is the caldera of a live volcano, and a former whaling station; and Dorian Bay on the Antarctic mainland.
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The Last Desert 2010 took place in November of that year in King George Island, Deception Island, and Dorian Bay.
The station made an appearance during an episode of Syfy's Destination Truth when Josh Gates and his team visited the station when they were investigating nearby Deception Island for paranormal activity.
The Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) is a species of penguin which is found in the South Sandwich Islands, Antarctica, Deception Island, the South Orkneys, South Shetland,South Georgia, Bouvet Island and Balleny.
Charted in 1945 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named for Alan Reece, leader of the FIDS Deception Island base in 1945, and meteorologist and geologist at the Hope Bay base in 1946.
Seattle shoegaze act The Sight Below filmed the 2008 video for their track Further Away at Deception Pass, with Deception Island's scenic imagery prominently featured.
When Katie Firestone, a friend of George Fayne, invites Nancy Drew to Deception Island for a whale-watching excursion, the sleuth arrives to find Katie's tour boat heavily vandalized.
Katie Firestone - A friend of George Fayne who invited Nancy to stay with her on Deception Island.