Overview
- The Royal Household partnered with Royal Mail to send an official red lamppost box after being moved by the team’s story.
- Station support assistant Kirsten Shaw wrote to the King seeking a replacement for Rothera’s hand-painted replica box.
- The post box reached the base aboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough during the first major resupply following the Antarctic winter.
- British Antarctic Survey says the box will be sited in the station’s new Discovery Building at the UK’s largest Antarctic facility.
- Mail from Rothera is routed via Stanley in the Falkland Islands to RAF Brize Norton before entering Royal Mail networks, a connection Royal Mail calls vital for staff, especially at Christmas.