Paradise Bay was our fifth landing in Antarctica. It is the location for Chile's Gonzalez Videla Antarctic Base, a seasonal research station focusing on gentoo penguins. Argentina also maintains a research station in the area. When we first arrived, the base was unmanned, as it had been all winter. By the time the Quest was ready to sail, the Chilean icebreaker, Almirante Viel, arrived and began unloading supplies and personnel for the station's summer season. The highlight of the landing was a leucistic gentoo penguin, nicknamed Marilyn. The moniker came about because Marilyn was blond, has had four or five mates (unusual for penguins) and sports pink lips. Leucism is genetic variation in which some or all of the feathers lack pigments. The eyes remain dark however. In albinism the pigmentation is lacking even in the eyes, which makes them pink.