Four women selected to run world’s most remote post office in Antartica

Four women to run world's most remote post office

Four women are to travel to a distant part of Antarctica to take up jobs including running the world's most remote post office and counting the island's penguins.

Four women selected to run one of the world's coldest and remotest post offices

The team have been picked to take on the responsibility for managing historic site Port Lockroy, on Goudier Island, for five months - in a region without running water or a flushing toilet. Their roles include running the world's most remote post office and counting the island's penguins.

Four women to run world’s most remote post office in Antarctica

The team will abandon home comforts to live and work in the region without running water or a flushing toilet.

Four women to run post office and count penguins in Antarctica

The team will also monitor a colony of gentoo penguins on Goudier Island for five months.

Four women selected to run world’s most remote post office in Antarctica

Clare Ballantyne, Mairi Hilton, Natalie Corbett and Lucy Bruzzone will be responsible for managing Port Lockroy.

Remote Antarctica post office to be run by four British women for five months

The historic site of Port Lockroy, on Goudier Island, will be their home for five months