Watch the drama of 3,000 gentoo penguins as they surround an Antarctic post office each summer. — Antarctica's most popular tourist destination is a unique British post office located in the heart of the Antarctic Peninsula... more » at Port Lockroy, about 700 miles south of Argentina and Chile. Enthusiastic cruise ship passengers from around the world come ashore throughout the Antarctic summer to see the colony of 3,000 gentoo penguins that takes up residence each year alongside Port Lockroy's other summer inhabitants the post office staff.
Penguin Post Office follows the daily lives of the gentoos as they find their mates, build their nests and raise their young.« less