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Port Lockroy is a bay forming a natural harbour on the north-western shore of Wiencke Island in the Palmer Archipelago to the west of the Antarctic Peninsula.The Antarctic base with the same name, situated on Goudier Island in this bay, includes the most southerly operational post office in the world.
Public post office Port Lockroy , Goudier Island , Antarctica [ 54 ] 64°49′S 63°30′W / 64.817°S 63.500°W / -64.817; -63.500 ( Port Lockroy, Antarctica
Southernmost point Latitude Antarctica: South Pole: 90°00′S: Antarctic Circle: 66°33′39"S South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom) Southern Thule: 59°42′S Chile: Águila Islet, Diego Ramírez Islands Cape Froward (mainland) 56°32′S 53°53′S Argentina: Southernmost point of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego Monte ...
The volcanic rock of the site is the southernmost bare ground accessible by ship in the world. The United States officially opened its first station at McMurdo on February 16, 1956, as part of Operation Deep Freeze.
<p>Chances are you make it through most days without sparing a thought for Antarctica. At just over 5.4 million square miles, it's a massive chunk of land that is nearly twice the size of ...
The original stamp design of 1957, which included a map of Antarctica, was seen as an "aggressive geopolitical assertion of territory" [1] by the Australians, due to the map clearly marking the territory's boundaries. This caused issues within Antarctica as a whole, as the "issuing of postmarks can only be performed by a sovereign state". [1]
A five-month-long slumber party. A college dorm. An introvert’s hell. Those are just some of the words residents of Antarctica use to describe life in the world’s coldest, most mysterious ...
The luxury cruise line is developing a hotel in Puerto Williams, Chile, the world’s southernmost city. The 150-room property will offer a comfortable stopover for guests on voyages to Antarctica ...