At port Lockroy on Goudier Island on the Antarctic Peninsular
is a Royal Mail post office
Post card time!!!
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| Photo by Dr Ivanov |
Port Lockroy started out as a whaling area in 1911.
During World War II the British military Operation Tabarin (1944) established the Port Lockroy base (Station A) on tiny Goudier Island in the bay, which continued to operate as a British research station until 1962. They were studying survey, geology, meteorology and botany. From the 1950's onward, the base shifted its focus to mainly ionospheric research. Station A made some pioneering scientific research work, including the first measurements of the ionosphere, and the first recording of an atmospheric whistler, from Antarctica. It was also a key monitoring site during the International Geophysical Year. Station A was closed in 1962, and all the research transferred to Station F on the Argintine Islands.
In 1996 the Port Lockroy base was renovated and is now a museum and post office operated by the United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust. It is the most popular tourist site, and the most visited place in Antarctica. It was designated as Historic Site No 61 under the Antarctic Treaty, 1. The base was restored as a museum and the building recreates the look and feel of the scientific station that it was in the late 50s and early 60s.
