King Charles personally arranged for a new Royal Mail post box to be delivered to the remote British Antarctic Rothera Research Station. The … Source link
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Special delivery for Antarctica – British Antarctic Survey
13 December, 2025 Press releases The staff at the UK’s Rothera Research Station in Antarctica have been gifted an iconic Royal Mail ‘lamp’ post box featuring the King Charles III cypher – just in time for Christmas. The new lamp box was requested by Kirsten Shaw, a station support assistant …
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King Charles has sent a special Royal Mail post box to scientists in the Antarctic just in time for Christmas. Station support assistant, Kirsten Shaw, who runs the British Antarctic Territory Post Office at Rothera Research Station, wrote to the monarch asking for a replacement for the base’s previous hand-painted …
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Scientists working at a remote British research station in the Antarctic received a special delivery of a new Royal Mail post box in time for Christmas – thanks to the King. Kirsten Shaw, a station support assistant who runs the British Antarctic Territory Post Office at Rothera Research Station, wrote …
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Read More »Special delivery: how a Royal Mail postbox ended up in Antarctica | Antarctica
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 …
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