UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT)
@antarcticheritage.bsky.social
Protecting heritage sites on the Antarctic Peninsula, including the world's southernmost post office, AKA the Penguin Post Office 🐧📮 and Shackleton's Endurance ⚓️
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30 years of conserving and inspiring
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For three decades, we have had the privilege to conserve Antarctica’s unique heritage, share the continent’s ever-evolving stories and inspire others to see and experience Antarctica differently through innovative technology, art and culture.
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We are thrilled to introduce our new Antarctic team set to travel 9,000 miles to Antarctica as part of its ambitious three-year project to safeguard the British heritage site, Base A, Port Lockroy, from the impact of climate change.
🔗 Meet the team: www.ukaht.org/latest-news/...
🔗 Meet the team: www.ukaht.org/latest-news/...
October 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We are thrilled to introduce our new Antarctic team set to travel 9,000 miles to Antarctica as part of its ambitious three-year project to safeguard the British heritage site, Base A, Port Lockroy, from the impact of climate change.
🔗 Meet the team: www.ukaht.org/latest-news/...
🔗 Meet the team: www.ukaht.org/latest-news/...
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Peter will spend three months in Antarctica working as a wildlife monitor at Port Lockroy, home to the world’s southernmost post office
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I’m going to spend three months counting penguins in Antarctica | Atlas & Boots
Peter will spend three months counting penguins in Antarctica as a wildlife monitor at Port Lockroy, the world’s southernmost post office
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October 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Peter will spend three months in Antarctica working as a wildlife monitor at Port Lockroy, home to the world’s southernmost post office
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Say hello to our 2025 Antarctic team! 🇦🇶
The new Port Lockroy team will reopen the site for another austral summer, while specialist carpenters will begin a three-year conservation mission to protect the historic Antarctic base from the effects of climate change.
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The new Port Lockroy team will reopen the site for another austral summer, while specialist carpenters will begin a three-year conservation mission to protect the historic Antarctic base from the effects of climate change.
www.ukaht.org/latest-news/...
Meet our 2025 Antarctic team
The new Port Lockroy team will reopen the site for another austral summer, while specialist carpenters will begin a three-year conservation mission to protect the historic Antarctic base from the effe...
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September 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Say hello to our 2025 Antarctic team! 🇦🇶
The new Port Lockroy team will reopen the site for another austral summer, while specialist carpenters will begin a three-year conservation mission to protect the historic Antarctic base from the effects of climate change.
www.ukaht.org/latest-news/...
The new Port Lockroy team will reopen the site for another austral summer, while specialist carpenters will begin a three-year conservation mission to protect the historic Antarctic base from the effects of climate change.
www.ukaht.org/latest-news/...
The worldwide research program had a prominent role in the history of our bases, but what exactly was the International Geophysical Year?
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UKAHT - What was the International Geophysical Year?
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August 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The worldwide research program had a prominent role in the history of our bases, but what exactly was the International Geophysical Year?
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Always wanted a postcard from Antarctica? The @antarcticheritage.bsky.social has you covered! 🐧
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Postcard from Antarctica 2025
Hurry! The last date for orders for the next delivery to Antarctica is Friday 22 August 2025. Our beloved Penguin Post Office at Port Lockroy, on a football pitch-sized island on the Antarctic Peninsu...
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August 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Always wanted a postcard from Antarctica? The @antarcticheritage.bsky.social has you covered! 🐧
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Conservation carpenter Graham Gillie spoke to BBC World Service's Newsday via satellite connection while working at Blaiklock Island Refuge in Antarctica. Listen to his superb interview set to filmmaker Michael Duff's striking photography.
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#TeamAntarctica
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Carpenter Graham Gillie on BBC World Service live from Blaiklock Island, Antarctica
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June 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Conservation carpenter Graham Gillie spoke to BBC World Service's Newsday via satellite connection while working at Blaiklock Island Refuge in Antarctica. Listen to his superb interview set to filmmaker Michael Duff's striking photography.
#TeamAntarctica
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#TeamAntarctica
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Head of operations Sophie Montagne and base leader Lou Hoskin reflect on another successful season running the charity's flagship site in Antarctica.
Port Lockroy season review 2024/25
Head of operations Sophie Montagne and base leader Lou Hoskin reflect on another successful season and reveal some of the highs and lows of running the charity's flagship site in Antarctica.
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June 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Head of operations Sophie Montagne and base leader Lou Hoskin reflect on another successful season running the charity's flagship site in Antarctica.
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What’s that, you say? An online book launch? AND a quiz?? With prizes??? And pictures of penguins????
On 2nd July, help me send the paperback of The Edge of Solitude out into the world! (And maybe win a copy, too…?) Proceeds to @antarcticheritage.bsky.social.
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On 2nd July, help me send the paperback of The Edge of Solitude out into the world! (And maybe win a copy, too…?) Proceeds to @antarcticheritage.bsky.social.
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The Edge of Solitude: book launch & polar quiz!
Love books? Fascinated by Antarctica? Just think penguins are cute? If the answer to any of these is YES! then this event is for you!
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June 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
What’s that, you say? An online book launch? AND a quiz?? With prizes??? And pictures of penguins????
On 2nd July, help me send the paperback of The Edge of Solitude out into the world! (And maybe win a copy, too…?) Proceeds to @antarcticheritage.bsky.social.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-edge-o...
On 2nd July, help me send the paperback of The Edge of Solitude out into the world! (And maybe win a copy, too…?) Proceeds to @antarcticheritage.bsky.social.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-edge-o...
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On Thursday we hosted @antarcticheritage.bsky.social and the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust's launch of their new VR experiences, and were delighted that their patron HRH The Princess Royal could attend and meet local children trying out the VR.
IMAGE CREDIT: HESTERPHOTO/UKAHT
IMAGE CREDIT: HESTERPHOTO/UKAHT
May 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
On Thursday we hosted @antarcticheritage.bsky.social and the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust's launch of their new VR experiences, and were delighted that their patron HRH The Princess Royal could attend and meet local children trying out the VR.
IMAGE CREDIT: HESTERPHOTO/UKAHT
IMAGE CREDIT: HESTERPHOTO/UKAHT
Happy World Penguin Day! 🐧
To celebrate, we have a short penguin quiz for you. Keep count of your results and let us know how many you got right. Marks out of 10.
✅ Take the quiz: ukaht.my.canva.site/gentoo-pengu...
To celebrate, we have a short penguin quiz for you. Keep count of your results and let us know how many you got right. Marks out of 10.
✅ Take the quiz: ukaht.my.canva.site/gentoo-pengu...
April 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Happy World Penguin Day! 🐧
To celebrate, we have a short penguin quiz for you. Keep count of your results and let us know how many you got right. Marks out of 10.
✅ Take the quiz: ukaht.my.canva.site/gentoo-pengu...
To celebrate, we have a short penguin quiz for you. Keep count of your results and let us know how many you got right. Marks out of 10.
✅ Take the quiz: ukaht.my.canva.site/gentoo-pengu...
Alok Jha talks to Leilani Raashida Henry about her father, George Washington Gibbs Jr, the first recorded Black person to land on the Antarctic continent.
🎧 Search ‘A Voyage to Antarctica' on all major podcast platforms
🙏 This season is kindly supported by Hurtigruten Expeditions.
🎧 Search ‘A Voyage to Antarctica' on all major podcast platforms
🙏 This season is kindly supported by Hurtigruten Expeditions.
April 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Alok Jha talks to Leilani Raashida Henry about her father, George Washington Gibbs Jr, the first recorded Black person to land on the Antarctic continent.
🎧 Search ‘A Voyage to Antarctica' on all major podcast platforms
🙏 This season is kindly supported by Hurtigruten Expeditions.
🎧 Search ‘A Voyage to Antarctica' on all major podcast platforms
🙏 This season is kindly supported by Hurtigruten Expeditions.
In an explosive start to season 5 of our acclaimed podcast, A Voyage To Antarctica, Alok Jha talks to world-renowned volcanologist and filmmaker Clive Oppenheimer.
🎧 Search ‘A Voyage to Antarctica' on all major podcast platforms
🙏 This season is kindly supported by Hurtigruten Expeditions
🎧 Search ‘A Voyage to Antarctica' on all major podcast platforms
🙏 This season is kindly supported by Hurtigruten Expeditions
March 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
In an explosive start to season 5 of our acclaimed podcast, A Voyage To Antarctica, Alok Jha talks to world-renowned volcanologist and filmmaker Clive Oppenheimer.
🎧 Search ‘A Voyage to Antarctica' on all major podcast platforms
🙏 This season is kindly supported by Hurtigruten Expeditions
🎧 Search ‘A Voyage to Antarctica' on all major podcast platforms
🙏 This season is kindly supported by Hurtigruten Expeditions
Join us for our next webinar!
In this exclusive webinar for International Women’s Day, we bring together the titans of British female leadership in the polar regions.
🗓️ Thu 6 Mar 2025
⏱️ 18:00 - 19:00 GMT
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In this exclusive webinar for International Women’s Day, we bring together the titans of British female leadership in the polar regions.
🗓️ Thu 6 Mar 2025
⏱️ 18:00 - 19:00 GMT
💰 Free!
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Trailblazing Polar Women
In this exclusive webinar for International Women’s Day, we will explore female leadership in the polar regions.
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February 18, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Join us for our next webinar!
In this exclusive webinar for International Women’s Day, we bring together the titans of British female leadership in the polar regions.
🗓️ Thu 6 Mar 2025
⏱️ 18:00 - 19:00 GMT
💰 Free!
🎟️ Reserve below
In this exclusive webinar for International Women’s Day, we bring together the titans of British female leadership in the polar regions.
🗓️ Thu 6 Mar 2025
⏱️ 18:00 - 19:00 GMT
💰 Free!
🎟️ Reserve below
As the end of the season approaches, Aoife McKenna answers a few questions about running one of the most unusual museums on Earth
Nine questions with museum manager Aoife McKenna
As the end of the season approaches, Aoife McKenna answers a few questions about running one of the most unusual museums on Earth.
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February 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
As the end of the season approaches, Aoife McKenna answers a few questions about running one of the most unusual museums on Earth
Wonderful read from @bas.ac.uk Captain Will Whatley onboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough
I’m obsessed with icebreaking: I was trained not to hit anything – now I drive my ship into ice 24/7
As the captain of a royal research ship, I break ice to get to British stations in the Antarctic. It’s great fun - but getting stuck is always a risk
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January 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Wonderful read from @bas.ac.uk Captain Will Whatley onboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough
A quick update from our Port Lockroy penguin monitor on Penguin Awareness Day 🐧
January 21, 2025 at 10:46 AM
A quick update from our Port Lockroy penguin monitor on Penguin Awareness Day 🐧
What is probably the world's oldest ice, dating back 1.2 million years, has been dug out from deep within Antarctica by a team of scientists
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Historic drilling project finds ice over 1.2 million years old - British Antarctic Survey
The Beyond EPICA-Oldest Ice project has successfully drilled a 2800-metre-long ice core consisting of ice which is over 1.2 million years old.
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January 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
What is probably the world's oldest ice, dating back 1.2 million years, has been dug out from deep within Antarctica by a team of scientists
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Happy New Year from everyone at the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust! 🎆
Thank you for all your support throughout 2024! 🙏
Thank you for all your support throughout 2024! 🙏
December 31, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Happy New Year from everyone at the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust! 🎆
Thank you for all your support throughout 2024! 🙏
Thank you for all your support throughout 2024! 🙏
From the archives: the establishment of Blaiklock Island Refuge
We take a look at diesel mechanic and base leader Percy Guyver's original report from the establishment of Blaiklock Island Refuge nearly seven decades ago.
#UnchartedAntarctica
We take a look at diesel mechanic and base leader Percy Guyver's original report from the establishment of Blaiklock Island Refuge nearly seven decades ago.
#UnchartedAntarctica
From the archives: the establishment of Blaiklock Island Refuge
We take a look at diesel mechanic and base leader Percy Guyver's original report from the establishment of Blaiklock Island Refuge nearly seven decades ago.
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December 30, 2024 at 2:57 PM
From the archives: the establishment of Blaiklock Island Refuge
We take a look at diesel mechanic and base leader Percy Guyver's original report from the establishment of Blaiklock Island Refuge nearly seven decades ago.
#UnchartedAntarctica
We take a look at diesel mechanic and base leader Percy Guyver's original report from the establishment of Blaiklock Island Refuge nearly seven decades ago.
#UnchartedAntarctica
Port Lockroy postmaster George Clarke answers the three questions he’s always asked working in the world’s southernmost post office.
Port Lockroy blog 6: Three questions I’m always asked
Port Lockroy postmaster George Clarke answers the three questions he’s always asked while working in the world’s southernmost post office.
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December 26, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Port Lockroy postmaster George Clarke answers the three questions he’s always asked working in the world’s southernmost post office.
For three decades, we have had the privilege to conserve Antarctica’s unique heritage, share the continent’s ever-evolving stories and inspire others to see and experience Antarctica differently through innovative technology, art and culture.
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30 years of conserving and inspiring
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December 17, 2024 at 2:20 PM
For three decades, we have had the privilege to conserve Antarctica’s unique heritage, share the continent’s ever-evolving stories and inspire others to see and experience Antarctica differently through innovative technology, art and culture.
youtu.be/XElB1ukggko?...
youtu.be/XElB1ukggko?...