Penguin post office trips

You could still put a post card and money in the box and the next pick up is 1117. Would you live in an antarctic penguin post office. This is a fantastic place, if you boat stops here, to mail post cards. The other half of the station is a museum of actual living. Historic post office penguin post office, port lockroy.

Antarcticas most popular tourist destination is a unique british post office located in the heart. If you are lucky enough to be able to land here from a cruise ship in antarctic waters, then it is a. Polarquest is a proud member of iaato a member organization founded in 1991 to advocate and promote the practice of safe and environmentally responsible privatesector travel to the. The other half of the station is a museum of actual living quarters and research equipment. If you are interested in running a story about us, would.

If you are lucky enough to be able to land here from a cruise ship in antarctic waters, then it is a novelty to send a postcard or two from here. Penguin post office port lockroy all you need to know. Penguin only has 7 properties, and the very best deals for luxury getaways and cheap vacations get snatched up quickly. Penguin post office episode 3 of 5 with their ship locked in ice, the film crew attempt to walk across the frozen antarctic waters to film a colony of gentoo penguins on a. What its like to live and work among antarctic penguins.

Process 700,000 pieces of mail, teach 18,000 cruise ship visitors and monitor 2,000 stinky penguins in lessthan. We love to talk about the important heritage work that we do, telling the story of life in antarctica both past and present. As part of the penguin monitoring study, half of the island is off limits. Penguin post office follows the daily lives of the gentoos as they find their. En croisiere expedition en peninsule antarctique, nous nous sommes arretes dans ce lieu vraiment extraordinaire. Welcome to the most southerly post office in the world in. Experience icebergs, glaciers and an abundance of penguins. It is certainly not your average trip to the post office. Each november, the penguins return from an intensive spell of deep sea fishing to their breeding grounds at the post office, sometimes trekking nearly two miles across sea ice and snow to get.

Travel on a small ship cruise to antarctica with national geographic expeditions. Welcome to the penguin post office, a little bit of britain in the heart of antarctica. The antarctic peninsula is the most accessible area of the continent, lying as it does just 600 miles from the tip of south america. For the few tourists who come to antarctica, the penguin post office on port lockroy is an opportunity to send postcards from antarctica, with official stamps. If you are lucky enough to be able to land here from a cruise ship in antarctic waters, then it is a novelty to send a postcard or two. Antarcticas most popular tourist destination is a unique british post office located in the heart of the antarctic peninsula at port lockroy, about 700 miles south of argentina and chile. If you are planning a trip outside of an organised cruise then there also some guidelines.

It is nice that they do allow that, even though it was closed. In short interview segments, we meet the women who run the outpost and operate. Port lockroy is a bay forming a natural harbour on the northwestern shore of wiencke island in the palmer archipelago in front of the antarctic peninsula. A job posting to man the penguin post office in port lockroy, antarctica, has received a record number of applicants. Penguin post office port lockroy 2020 all you need to. Bbc two natural world, 20142015, penguin post office. We were told that chile sent a newlywed couple to conceive a child in antarctica in 1978 to legitimize their claim to the continent. Penguin post office, airing wednesday, january 28, 2015 at 8 p. In the heart of the antarctic peninsula theres a unique british post office staffed by a dedicated team and surrounded by. Greetings from port lockroy, the penguin post office. As you approach the penguin post office at port lockroy, located on a tiny island off the antarctic peninsula, three days of navigation from ushuaia, you are greeted by the roo roo roo sound of. Scenically it is the equal of anything to be found. Penguin post office is located at port lockroy in antarctica british outpost is preserved as a historical site each year cruise passengers visit and send 70,000 cards around. Antarctic peninsula expedition cruises island holidays.

Antarcticas penguin post office wildfoot travel journal. This is the southern most post office in the world and is the only place where you can send letters or postcards with the antarctica stamp in an environment surrounded by penguins in a protected and pristine location. Then, after the penguin post office has closed for the season and the tourists and volunteers have left for home, the fully grown chicks will join their parents on regular long. The post office is a very small british postal outlet in a small gift shop in one half of an original research station that was renovated. The penguin post office relies on passing vessels often the cruise ships to get mail from the post office and onward to their destinations. At port lockroy we operate a post office and a small gift shop where visitor can. Posts about penguin post office written by vickyinglis. Trip to antarctica penguin post office, port lockroy. Penguin post office port lockroy 2020 what to know. Natural world 20142015, penguin post office penguin post office. Port lockroy base a was the first british base along the peninsula. Rarely does one work in a place where it is impossible to have a bad day, but here on a small islet in antarctica, i have just.

Uk antarctic heritage trustal fastier base a has been conserved right down to the tins of food we mailed postcards to ourselves from port lockroys famous penguin post. The penguin post office was closed for the season when i went there. Read our wildfoot journal on antarcticas penguin post office. In the heart of the antarctic peninsula theres a unique british post office surrounded by jawdropping scenery including 3,000 gentoo penguins. Art and culture backpacking beaches, coasts and islands family holidays festivals food and drink honeymoon and romance road trips. I was scheduled to call on my last trip, but it was right at the end of. Lucky visitors will see sharks, rays, turtles, and sea lions in the water and cacti on the land. Postcard from the penguin post office ends of the earth. This is the southern most post office in the world and is the only place where you can send letters or postcards with the antarctica stamp in an environment surrounded by. Early in the season, you may have to climb up a snow staircase, or later in the season find your way up the guanosplattered rocks to access the building. Welcome to the penguin post office, where people and gentoo penguins live side by side. These next few weeks are going to be an exciting time, as i prepare for spending the next few months living in antarctica and working at the penguin post office in port lockroy ive also got a few hiking trips. If you have only one day in ushuaia and want to experience as much as possible, this combination tour will make sure you see all the top sights. Included in the visit to post office bay is a dinghy ride along the nearby mangroves and coves.

Located on remote goudier island on the antarctic penisula, a former british research base now operates as a modest museum, gift shop, and post office the buildings first served as the. Inside, the post office has everything youd expect, a postbox, stamps, postcards and some dedicated staff. The penguin post office is at port lockroy, which was a british research station until 1962. A soccer fieldsized island in port lockroy, antarctica. Dont be duped and buy stamps in argentina, you will need new stamps. Post office on antarctica penguin post office, port. Danco island activities here may focus on the gentoo penguins nesting on the.