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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Sailors dig out world’s most remote post office in Antarctic

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Royal Navy sailors came to the aid of four women who have taken up jobs at an isolated Antarctic scientific base after heavy snowfall buried some of the buildings.

Clare Ballantyne, Mairi Hilton, Natalie Corbett and Lucy Bruzzone beat a record number of applicants to become the team responsible for managing historic site Port Lockroy on Goudier Island – home to the world’s most remote post office.

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