South Pole Post Office


South Pole postmaster/OIC PK Swartz, 1961

The above photo and caption are courtesy of Billy-Ace Baker; this and other photographs of Pole (and other polar) post offices past and present are available on the Polar Post Offices page of the Polar Philately web site.

Interestingly, the above photo was captured from this web site and placed on the post office window in wing A2 of the new elevated station at some point...it was there when I showed up for my 2005 winter and it is still there today...below, a December 2012 view from Jeffrey Donenfeld:

South Pole post office and store, December 2012
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