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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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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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Carpenter Graham Gillie spoke to BBC World Service's Newsday via satellite while working at Blaiklock Island Refuge in Antarctica. Listen to his superb interview set to filmmaker Michael Duff's striking photography on our YouTube channel.
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Novelist and long-time UKAHT supporter @halekatie is hosting the paperback launch of her thrilling Antarctic novel. There will be readings, a quiz and prizes, with proceeds going to the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust. 🙏. 🎟️ Book your ticket:
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The shortlist for the @ICOMOSUK photo competition, Heritage at Risk: A Global Perspective, has been announced, featuring three shots from our XR producer, @LesleyJohnston_ from Detaille Island last season. Sneak peek from 1'45" in this showcase.
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King Charles recorded a warm personal message to researchers in Antarctica celebrating a frozen Midwinter's Day – the first time a monarch has given the annual broadcast.
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Here in the UK, we may be in the grip of a heatwave, but for those at the other end of the Earth, 21 June is Midwinter Day – the shortest & darkest day of the year. In 1944, the nine men at Port Lockroy spent their day very differently from us! . 🔗 Read:
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