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

French Southern and Antartic Lands

Thanks to Wenceslas for this fantastic card from T.A.A.F!

Love the stamp and the chop ^.^

Sent: 7 March 2013   Receievd: 25 April 2013    Travelled: 49 days