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World’s Most Remote Post Office in Antarctica Has a Job That Includes Counting Penguins
The job includes some of the weirdest tasks on the planet, from sorting out thousands of letters to wiping penguin poop and more.
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UK Antarctic Heritage Trust celebrates 80th birthday of Port Lockroy
The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust is recalling that on 11 February, the flagship site Port Lockroy celebrated its 80th birthday, and that over the coming weeks the Trust has further celebration plans.
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What it’s really like to live in Antarctica
She was one of half-a-dozen people staffing the world’s southernmost post office, UK Antarctic Heritage Trust-administered Port Lockroy. “The island is the size of a football field ...
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UK Antarctic Heritage Trust announces a new Port Lockroy team for 2018/19
The team will be responsible for running the Port Lockroy post-office, managing the island’s museum and monitoring the resident gentoo penguin colony (Pic UKAHT) The United Kingdom Antarctic ...
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Port Lockroy, Antarctica
Located on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula, this former British research station (Station A) was established during World War II and had a continuous presence through 1962. During the ea ...