Candidates that are successful will be “self-motivated,” “empathetic,” and content to take a shower once every two weeks.
The post office in Port Lockroy is located there and is the world’s southernmost one. It often smells like penguin poop.
The Antarctic Heritage Trust receives a deluge of employment applications each year. Only UK citizens are eligible for the three posts that are being offered this year.
Staff members are required to manage the shop and greet around 18,000 cruise guests in addition to handling up to 80,000 mail and postcards annually.
One candidate, Katie Shaw, a charity manager in Manchester, is so eager to go that she has a tattoo of an accurate map of the Antarctic on her leg.
