Antartica

Boo! back again from my short hiatus, have been watching a Chinese historical

drama and sometimes my eyes feel too strained to continue working on the laptop

after work. Now I'm back to my original intent which was to blog the postcards from

2014. Antartica came as a huge surprise from Ruben who sends this via

the United Kingdom Antartic Heritage Trust,UKAHT. Thank you very much Ruben

In fact I totally forgot about this card until I went through the box hiding my 2014 cards,

so I was even more amazed that I have an Antartica card sent from Port Lockroy. I have

a few other Antartica cards sent from NZ base, French Antartica and the USA

Fort McMurdo :D Thanks so much Ruben!

Sent: 12 November 2014   Received: 16 Dec 2014 Travelled: 34 days

Adélie penguin

The coast of Adélie Land was discovered in 1840 by the French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790 – 1842) who named it after his wife, Adèle. This is the basis of the French claim on this Antarctic land. The Dumont d'Urville research station was the filming location of the documentary March of the Penguins (2005).

The Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) is a species of penguin common along the entire Antarctic coast, which is their only residence. They are among the most southerly distributed of all seabirds, along with the emperor penguin, the south polar skua, the Wilson's storm petrel, the snow petrel, and the Antarctic petrel. They are named after Adélie Land, in turn named for the wife of French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville who discovered these penguins in 1840.

Source: Wikipedia

Penguins from Antartica!

Sent: 1 January 2016   Received: 25 February 2016   Travelled: 56 days

Terre Adélie

Adélie Land is a claimed territory on the continent of Antarctica. It stretches from a coastline area along the Great Southern Ocean inland all the way to the South Pole. This territory is claimed by France as one of five districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, although most countries have not given this their diplomatic recognition.

Adélie Land lies between 136° E (near Pourquoi Pas Point at 66°12′S 136°11′E) and 142° E (near Point Alden at 66°48′S 142°02′E), with a shore length of about 350 kilometres (220 mi) and with its inland part extending as a sector of a circle about 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) toward the South Pole. Adélie Land has border with the Australian Antarctic Territory both on the east and on the west, namely on Clarie Land (part of Wilkes Land) in the west, and George V Land in the east. Its total land area, mostly covered with glaciers, is estimated to be 432,000 square kilometres (167,000 sq mi).

Source: Wikipedia

Yippee! Thanks to Corentin,Julien and Manu from Adelie 

who did a Kickstarter campaign for "Postcards from Antartica"

Happy to get my card from French Antartica ^_^

Sent: 1 January 2016   Received: 25 February 2016   Travelled: 57 days

Antartica

McMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center on the south tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National Science Foundation. The station is the largest community in Antarctica, capable of supporting up to 1,258 residents, and serves as the United States Antarctic science facility. All personnel and cargo going to or coming from Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station first pass through McMurdo.

Mount Erebus  is the second highest volcano in Antarctica (after Mount Sidley) and the southernmost active volcano on earth. It is the sixth highest ultra mountain on an island. With a summit elevation of 3,794 metres (12,448 ft), it is located on Ross Island, which is also home to three inactive volcanoes, Mount Terror, Mount Bird, and Mount Terra Nova.
The volcano has been active since c. 1.3 million years ago and is the site of the Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory run by the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

thanks so much to Andre for resending a card from Antartica, because none of them

arrived last year @.@

USA

Thanks to Cecilia who sent this card via the PinkPalace.

Send a self addressed postcard and scientists going to Antartica

will bring it along to be posted from McMurdo Station. So glad

to get a card postmark from there, thank you so much Cecilia !

Sent: 19 January 2016   Received: 19 February 2016   Travelled: 31 days

Australasian Antartic Expedition

At work: Washing Film

The Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) was an Australasian scientific team that explored part of Antarctica between 1911 and 1914. It was led by the Australian geologist Douglas Mawson, who was knighted for his achievements in leading the expedition. In 1910 he began to plan an expedition to chart the 3,200-kilometre-long (2,000 mi) coastline of Antarctica to the south of Australia. The Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science approved of his plans and contributed substantial funds for the expedition. The remaining funds were raised by public subscription and additional donations.

Accomplishments were made in geology, glaciology and terrestrial biology, unlike both of Ernest Shackleton's following expeditions which produced very little science. In a celebration of the achievements of Mawson and his men, a centenary scientific voyage, retracing the route of the original expedition, departed from Australasia in late 2013 and became stuck on 24 December 2013.

Antartica

Several governments maintain permanent manned research stations on the continent. The number of people conducting and supporting scientific research and other work on the continent and its nearby islands varies from about 1,000 in winter to about 5,000 in the summer, giving it a population density between 0.00007 inhabitants per square kilometre (0.00018 /sq mi) and 0.00035 inhabitants per square kilometre (0.00091 /sq mi) at these times. Many of the stations are staffed year-round, the winter-over personnel typically arriving from their home countries for a one-year assignment. An Orthodox church, Trinity Church, opened in 2004 at the Russian Bellingshausen Station is also manned year-round by one or two priests, who are similarly rotated every year.

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The biggest surprise in my mailbox yesterday, a Penguin and her egg

all the way from Antartica!!

Special thanks to Starring You for this gem of a postcard!

#135th Country

Received: 9 June 2014