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New team heads to Antarctic port to save it from climate change
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A team of UK specialists from the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) is travelling to Antarctica to protect Port Lockroy, a British science base facing structural deterioration from climate change. The eight-person team will spend five months installing support beams and monitoring the local gentoo penguin colony, while a separate field team will survey Wordie House.
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- A team of UK specialists is embarking on a mission to protect the historic Port Lockroy base in Antarctica from climate change.
- The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) project aims to restore the site, which includes the world's southernmost Post Office, museum, and a gentoo penguin colony.
- This season's team will install beams and props to help buildings withstand increased precipitation and snow loading.
- Eight specialists will spend five months on Goudier Island, while another team of six will conduct a comprehensive survey of Wordie House further south.
- The Antarctic Peninsula has experienced significant warming since records began at Wordie House in 1947, causing impacts on local wildlife and heritage sites.