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UKAHT: Protecting six heritage sites on the Antarctic Peninsula, including the world's southernmost post office AKA the Penguin Post Office 🐧
Antarctica
Joined February 2011
Would you like to send a postcard from the penguin post office in Antarctica? 🐧📮🇦🇶. For just £20, anyone, anywhere in the world, can support our work and receive a truly unique piece of mail while supporting our conservation work in Antarctica.
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Once again, UKAHT is proud to have worked with friend of the charity, Gerhard Freund, to send a postcard from Port Lockroy, the world’s coldest post office, to Death Valley, the world’s hottest post office. ❄️🔥. 🔗 Read the story:
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Where do our gentoo penguins go in winter? 🐧. BAS marine ecologist Professor Phil Trathan sheds light on how the gentoo penguins of Goudier Island spend their polar night. 🔗 Read Phil's blog:
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To celebrate #PlasticFreeJuly, we're sharing some of our favourite plastic-free products. From Antarctic-themed clothing to penguin-patterned homeware, our merchandise is 99% free from plastic! ♻️ 🇦🇶. 🛍️ Shop plastic-free:
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Henrietta Hammant talks to Alok Jha about Apsley Cherry-Garrard's astonishing journey and subsequent gripping memoir. 🎧 Search ‘A Voyage to Antarctica' on all major podcast platforms.🙏 This season is kindly supported by @HX_Expeditions
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Would you like to send a postcard from the penguin post office in Antarctica? 🐧📮🇦🇶. For just £20, anyone, anywhere in the world, can receive a truly unique piece of mail while supporting our conservation work in Antarctica.
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We chat with Antarctic poet Elizabeth Lewis Williams, whose father, George, worked at Port Lockroy. 🔗 Read:
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A Richard & Judy Book Club and BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick, Away with the Penguins by long-time UKAHT supporter @HazelPriorBooks is a delightful, joyous and uplifting read.
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With Antarctica sea ice levels reaching record lows over the last four consecutive years, Alok Jha chats to glaciologist Prof Martin Siegert about his work. 🎧 Search ‘A Voyage to Antarctica' on all major podcast platforms. 🙏 This season is kindly supported by @HX_Expeditions
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To celebrate #PlasticFreeJuly, we're sharing some of our favourite plastic-free products. From Antarctic-themed clothing to penguin-patterned tableware, our merchandise is 99% free from plastic! ♻️ 🇦🇶. 🛍️ Shop plastic-free:
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⚡️ We are hiring! ⚡️. We are seeking an experienced electrician to work at Port Lockroy on the Antarctic Peninsula in November/December 2025. 🗓️ Deadline: 6 July 2025. ⬇️ Apply below.
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In case you missed it, here's the ITV News midwinter report from Port Lockroy.
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Where do our gentoo penguins go in winter? 🐧. BAS marine ecologist Professor Phil Trathan sheds light on how the gentoo penguins of Goudier Island spend their polar night. 🔗 Read the blog:
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Our virtual reality experience, A Frozen Night, is now available for download on the Meta App store for Quest 2 devices! .
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⚡️ We're hiring! ⚡️. We are seeking an experienced electrician to work at Port Lockroy on the Antarctic Peninsula in November/December 2025. 🔗 Apply: .🗓️ Deadline: 6 July 2025
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Research scientist, zoologist and wildlife presenter @LeighHickmott chats to Alok Jha about the killer whale, "the apex and most adept predator on the planet". 🎧 Search ‘A Voyage to Antarctica' on all major podcast platforms. 🙏 This season is supported by @HX_Expeditions
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