UK Antarctic Heritage Trust

UKAHT: Protecting six heritage sites on the Antarctic Peninsula, including the world's southernmost post office AKA the Penguin Post Office 🐧

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🎙️ A Voyage to Antarctica returns for its sixth season!

Kicking things off, beloved television presenter Lorraine Kelly explores her lifelong fascination with Antarctica, inspired by her hero, legendary explorer Ernest Shackleton.

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We’re hiring: Freelance Metadata / Documentation Specialist

Help UKAHT shape the future of our digital heritage. We’re looking for a self-motivated specialist to enhance and prepare metadata for the rich digital data of our Antarctic historic sites.

https://t.co/AKUGlFAXQc

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We are seeking an experienced Head of Commercial to drive revenue and profit growth across our trading activity through an inspiring, creative retail portfolio.

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After three months living and working at Port Lockroy, wildlife monitor Pete Watson reflects on the partners whose support kept the team safe, warm, dry, connected and largely free from penguin poop.

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This Father’s Day, give Dad something cooler than another mug – though we do have great mugs. From a hip flask engraved with Port Lockroy’s coordinates to our iconic LEGO collectables, discover Father’s Day gifts with a true Antarctic story.

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Father’s Day gifting, sorted.

From today through to Sunday 31 May, free UK shipping on every order from our Teemill store.

No code needed – it’ll be applied automatically at checkout. Organic cotton, ethical production, and a thoughtful gift for Dad.

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Alok talks to Robert Macfarlane about the history of Western exploration, the origin of the archetypal heroic-age explorer, and Antarctica's place as the last great wilderness on Earth.

🎧 Search ‘A Voyage to Antarctica' on all podcast platforms

🙏 Supported by HX Expeditions

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We’re hiring: Head of Commercial

UKAHT is seeking an experienced Head of Commercial to drive revenue and profit growth across our trading activity through an inspiring, creative retail portfolio.

https://t.co/0SlzrfaMJQ

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We’re hiring: Executive Assistant

We're looking for an experienced, highly organised Executive Assistant to provide expert support to our CEO, Trustees and wider team.

A brilliant opportunity to play a key role in supporting the charity.

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Great to see UKAHT Trustee Hugh Broughton featured by CNN, exploring the extraordinary challenges of designing architecture for Antarctica.

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Take a look at the first part of our three-year mission to protect Port Lockroy, as we begin the most significant phase of conservation work at the base since 1996.

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We’re hiring: Freelance Metadata / Documentation Specialist

Help UKAHT shape the future of our digital heritage. We’re looking for a self-motivated specialist to enhance and prepare metadata for the rich digital data of our Antarctic historic sites.

https://t.co/AKUGlFAXQc

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Wildlife monitor Pete Watson, with help from postmaster Rachel Wilkinson, crunches the numbers from another busy season at Port Lockroy, from penguin chicks and postcards to solar power, sofa etiquette and a heroic amount of blue cheese.

https://t.co/zAbhizb4Vq

[UK Antarctic Heritage Trust @AntarcticHT]

We’re hiring: Freelance Metadata / Documentation Specialist

Help UKAHT shape the future of our digital heritage. We’re looking for a self-motivated specialist to enhance and prepare metadata for the rich digital data of our Antarctic historic sites.

https://t.co/AKUGlFAXQc

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What if Antarctica had legal rights and its own voice?

Alok explores that question with Shackleton Medal-winner Cormac Cullinan in episode three of our podcast.

🎧 Search ‘A Voyage to Antarctica' on all major podcast platforms

🙏 Kindly supported by HX Expeditions

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📣 Job alert: General Manager of Antarctic Heritage

Our partner organisation, the NZ Antarctic Heritage Trust, is looking for a General Manager of Antarctic Heritage to lead complex construction projects in one of the world’s most extreme environments.

https://t.co/4giCuK8XC8

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New in: the Port Lockroy logo enamel mug. ☕🏔️

A sturdy 10-oz camping classic with a stainless steel lip – perfect for early starts, wild places, and warming your hands after a day outdoors.

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From Antarctica to your doorstep ✉️🐧

This season, the Port Lockroy team sent 366.5kg of mail – around 50,000 postcards.

From Port Lockroy, the sacks travel by ship to Stanley in the Falklands, where they’re hand-sorted before flying to the UK and onwards around the world.

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