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Gentoo Penguins on Nordenskold Glacier at sunrise. The Nordenskold Glacier in Brown Bluff near Hope Bay in Antarctica. Hope Bay on Trinity Peninsula, is 3 mi long and 2 mi wide, indenting the tip of Antarctic Peninsula and opening on Antarctic Sound. The Bay was discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskiöld, who named it. The glacier extends right to the water where large pieces of calve off to form icebergs.