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The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) runs Port Lockroy in Antarctica, the most southern post office in the world. What Does a Penguin Census Taker Do? Port Lockroy is home to a colony of around ...
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. The base was left unstaffed from 2020 to ...
Port Lockroy, the "Penguin Post Office," has subzero temps and no running water. New hires will count gentoo penguins for five months.
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Public post office: Port Lockroy, Goudier Island, Antarctica [54 ... Penguin reserve Magdalena Island Penguin Reserve, Magdalena Island, Magallanes Region, Chile [67]
Port Lockroy (Historic Site No. 61 under the Antarctic Treaty) is operated as a museum and post office (on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) by UK Antarctic Heritage Trust during the austral summer. Proceeds from the gift shop fund the repair and conservation of this site and others on the Antarctic Peninsula.
The Antarctic Postman, based at Port Stanley, visits BAT bases by ship to officially release new stamps and the stamps are not otherwise available for sale until this has happened. The date of the visit is recorded and the stamps are then released at the Falkland Islands Philatelic Bureau, at Port Lockroy for tourists, and elsewhere. [6]
An emperor penguin was rescued from an Australian beach after presumably making a 2,000-mile trek from its Antarctic habitat. Emperor penguin travels over 2,000 miles from Antarctica to Australia ...