You've got Mail! From Antarctica!

 Call me crazy... You won't be the first!

But one of the unique and wonderful experiences to be had in Antarctica, actually is most delightful a few months later.

If you secure a postcard and stamp either from your expedition ship or on land in Ushuaia the possibility then exists for sending that postcard home or to a loved one, FROM ANTARCTICA.

I know, I know. I told you there were no stations that were inhabited when we were there. That's because only the British have a post office on the Antarctic Peninsula. In true South Pole spirit, they allow people to drop their postcards here and they promise to send them along "when able". 

We never got to land at Port Lockroy. Time, weather and/or our more southern route meant that we sailed on by. However, also in the spirit of all things Antarctic, our ship crew told us that the next voyage would likely stop here and they'd mail them for us. Just a few days after dropping us back in Ushuaia, the Ocean Endeavour made it back to Port Lockroy and faithfully mailed our postcards.

The expectation is that they can take as long as 3-6 months to arrive at their final destinations. The British post office sends mail back to the UK and from there it's dispersed around the world. 

We heard from other Endeavour ship-mates that postcards began arriving just 6 weeks later. 

Ours - mailed to friends who took care of our pets and of course, to our pets themselves, arrived this week!

It's the little things in life! 

I'd like to think our fur-babies were as delighted by the arrival of mail addressed to them as I was. Alas, Teddy gave it one good sniff and went back to watching "New Amsterdam" on Netflix, Wrigley thought it smelled funny and made a face and Rusty just glared at me like I was wasting his flippin' time, tucked his head and resumed his nap.