In 1944, the British established a base at Port Lockroy, one of the only safe anchorages in all of Antarctica. The station closed in 1962, and was restored in 1996 as a historical treasure, and is staffed in the summer by three rangers. Port Lockroy is a refurbished station on Goudier Island, which is a speck of rock just off the coast of the much larger Wiencke Island. It was originally discovered by a French explorer in 1904, then used by Norwegians for awhile, and then during World War II, the Argentineans came and planted a flag. Lockroy has been restored as a living museum to early Antarctic exploration, and it’s also home to the only working Post Office on the Antarctic Peninsula
You can go see the Adelie penguin was named after the wife of French explorer Dumont d'Urville. There are as many as five million Adelie penguins in Antarctica.