Special delivery: how a Royal Mail postbox ended up in Antarctica
by Nicola Davis Science correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#7257J)
A letter to the king has added a royal flourish to life at Rothera Research Station, where mail remains a vital link to the world
It might be traditional to write to Father Christmas with a gift list, but when Kirsten Shaw wanted a new postbox for staff at the UK's Rothera Research Station in Antarctica, she wrote to the king.
The request has resulted in a special delivery for Shaw - a station support assistant who, among myriad other tasks, runs the British Antarctic Territory post office at the station.
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