British Antarctic Territory £2 coin dedicated to the Venus Glider glacier Pobjoy Mint has announced the sixth and final release in the 2023 £2 coin series, Venus, issued on behalf of the British ...

The British Antarctic Territory is one of these claimed areas and six other countries also have claimed territories – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand and Norway.

The primary holdout? A section of the British Antarctic Territory, including the Pitcairn Islands that experiences perpetual sunlight six months out of the year.

The British Antarctic Territory and South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands marked the centenary of the end of World War I with new stamps. The issue honors members of Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 ...

These territories are vestiges of the vast British Empire, now reduced to 14 dots on the map, ranging from balmy Caribbean retreats to desolate Antarctic stations.

To provide funding for the project, we run a not-for-profit gift shop at Port Lockroy, have a “friends” program, and receive part of the proceeds from sales of British Antarctic Territory ...

And the area is also filled with penguins. A British Antarctic territory, Post Lockroy's "Base A" — home to the post office — was established in 1944 and operated as a British research station.

Russia finds massive oil and gas reserves in British territory, sparking drilling fears Around 500 billion barrels worth of oil - 10 times the North Sea's output - has been discovered in the region.

The British Antarctic Territory funds itself via taxes paid by scientists, and the interest earned on its capital reserves. But it also drives a rather profitable trade in stamps, which are highly ...

British Explorers James Clark Ross (1902), Robert Falcon Scott, (1902), Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1919) claimed their discoveries in the name of the British sovereign.

The Post Office will sell British Antarctic Territory stamps. The British Post Office, at Detaille Island on the lonely but beautiful Antarctic Peninsula, will have no telephone, internet access ...

Russia has found huge oil and gas reserves in British Antarctic territory, potentially leading to drilling in the pristine region.