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If you love adventure, cold, and gift shops, this job counting penguins on Antarctica might be just what you’re looking for

Would you like to work at the world’s most southern post office and gift shop, with the daily task of keeping track of a colony of 1,500 gentoo penguins? Without running water or Wi-Fi, you could score a five month employment like nothing else on the remote Guidier Island in the Antarctic peninsula.

The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust has started recruitment for 5 positions, which last for 5 months at Port Lockroy, and the interest has been “incredibly high”, say the trust. The local post office reopened in November 2022 after a 2 year closure, after a team of women from the UK were hired to operate it.

Job opportunity: Count penguins at the world’s most southern post office and gift shop on Antarctica