Wanted: Postmen and women for Antarctica
20 February 2015
Can you carry a big heavy box over slippery rocks and slushy snow, while at the same time dodging penguins?
Fri, 20 Feb 2015Can you carry a big heavy box over slippery rocks and slushy snow, while at the same time dodging penguins?
Are you happy not to shower for up to a month, live in close proximity to three people and 2,000 smelly penguins for five months?
Those are just two questions being asked of prospective job applicants for an Antarctic post office position.
The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust is recruiting for a team of four to spend five months (November to March) running the shop, post office and museum, as well as carrying out maintenance, at Port Lockroy on the tiny Goudier Island off the Antarctic Peninsula.
The island, home to 2,000 Gentoo penguins, was also once home to a British base and research station at Port Lockroy. The base was abandoned in 1962 but was restored in 1996 and now receives about 18,000 visitors in the November-March period, who post on average 70,000 items of mail.
The base’s post office and other operations raise money for the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust.
The job ad describes living conditions in the port as “comfortable though basic with no mains power, heat or water, and limited communications”.
Any offers? Form an orderly queue, alongside the penguins…
Are you happy not to shower for up to a month, live in close proximity to three people and 2,000 smelly penguins for five months?
Those are just two questions being asked of prospective job applicants for an Antarctic post office position.
The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust is recruiting for a team of four to spend five months (November to March) running the shop, post office and museum, as well as carrying out maintenance, at Port Lockroy on the tiny Goudier Island off the Antarctic Peninsula.
The island, home to 2,000 Gentoo penguins, was also once home to a British base and research station at Port Lockroy. The base was abandoned in 1962 but was restored in 1996 and now receives about 18,000 visitors in the November-March period, who post on average 70,000 items of mail.
The base’s post office and other operations raise money for the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust.
The job ad describes living conditions in the port as “comfortable though basic with no mains power, heat or water, and limited communications”.
Any offers? Form an orderly queue, alongside the penguins…
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