UK OVERSEAS TERRITORIES CONSERVATION FORUM
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Features of Other Interest, including Cultural

The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust works to preserve, enhance and promote British heritage to engage, inform and inspire a global audience. They care for and conserve historic buildings and artefacts in Antarctica, including their flagship historical site, Port Lockroy. This was the first British permanent base to be established on the Antarctic Peninsula in 1944. For more than a century, Port Lockroy has been a home for explorers, whalers, scientists, and sailors who have made vital contributions to Antarctic history and the harbour, at the meeting point of 3 seaways has become the most popular visitor destination in Antarctica today, complete with museum, shop and post office. This historic base receives around 10,000 visitors a year, making it one of the most visited sites on the continent.

Bransfield House, Port Lockroy, with nesting gentoo penguins.


© Dr Mike Pienkowski
(Features of Other Interest, including Cultural, 1 of 2 - Slide ref. 1320)