Have you ever wondered where the world's most isolated post office is? It's not anywhere, but in Antarctica, a permanently uninhabited place. The post office is located on Gaudier Island, a remote area home to over a thousand penguins. It is commonly known as the Penguin Post Office.
This post office was established on February 11, 1944, as part of the British government's secret operation 'Operation Tabarin'. Until January 1962, the place was used as a British scientific research center. But after the war, it became a place of historical importance. Since November 1996, it has also been used as a museum. About 18,000 people visit this place every season. In addition, Port Lockroy sends 70,000 postcards to over 100 countries every year. Now, if we want to send a postcard, it costs one US dollar here, regardless of the destination. On a busy day, around 1,000 postcards arrive at Port Lockrow. The mail is sent to the UK by a weekly Royal Air Force flight from Stanley Post Office in the Falkland Islands, where it is then passed on to the regular postal system.
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