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PORT LOCKROY, ANTARCTICA

On 16 March, 202018 March, 2020 By alfonsomgcIn Coasts, Frozen landscape, Nature, Sights, Wildlife1 Comment

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  • I was here: about two and a half hours on December 29, 2007.
  • My score: 4/5.

Port Lockroy is actually a natural harbor on Goudier islet, which is linked to a larger one called Wiencke Island by a permanent ice layer,

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