Port Lockroy
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| Address | Goudier Island,Wiencke Island, Antarctica |
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| Did you know | Port Lockroy was used as base for the British military during World War II. |
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| ID | 891044 |
About Port Lockroy
Port Lockroy is a natural harbour on the north-western shore of Wiencke Island in the Palmer Archipelago in front of the Antarctic Peninsula. The Antarctic base includes the most southerly operational post office in the world.
Where is the Port Lockroy
Antarctic post office: A home for Christmas among the penguins
... Clare was chosen along with three other women - Mairi Hilton, Lucy Bruzzone and Natalie Corbett - to look after the remote harbour of Port Lockroy, some 911 miles south of the Falkland Islands...
Royal Navy digs out world's most remote post office from Antarctic snow
... Sailors and Royal Marines from HMS Protector spent two days digging out the Port Lockroy site...
Four women to run post office and count penguins in Antarctica
... Clare Ballantyne, Mairi Hilton, Natalie Corbett and Lucy Bruzzone beat a record number of applicants to become the team responsible for managing historic site Port Lockroy, on Goudier Island...
Penguin power and the 'dream job' in Antarctica
... Kit Adams from Newcastle, County Down, has sampled first hand the joys and occasional hardships of Port Lockroy...
British charity hunts for team to run Antarctica post office
... The team will maintain the Port Lockroy base and be responsible for counting penguins, though will be without running water...
South Georgia: The museum at the end of the world reopens for business
... One is from the Falklands; the other has worked in the Scottish Highlands and Port Lockroy on the British Antarctic base...
