My Postcard and Cover Blog

The UK Arctic Research Station is funded by NERC and managed and operated by British Antarctic Survey, and situated in the international re...

This great Cover arrived from the far north. Many thanks to Henrik, who send this cover from his latest trip to Svalbard. There are two poin...

The Polarstern expedition PS136 started on 22 May 2023 in Bremerhaven, Grmany and led to the Fram Strait between Greenland and the Svalbard ...

Many thanks to Julio for this fantastic cover from Argentina. To match the exact postage he added a few more stamps on the back of the cover...

Bird Island Research Station is an important centre for research into bird and seal biology. Lying off the north-west tip of South Georgia ,...

The expedition PS129 of the German research vessel Polarstern wanted to provide contributions to scientific projects encompassing physical o...

Churchill is a town in northern Manitoba, Canada, on the west shore of Hudson Bay, roughly 140 km (87 mi) from the Manitoba–Nunavut border. ...

    Stamp: Personalized Stamp issued by German Polar Society (from a set of 10)

My second cover from this tiny volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean. Many thanks to Rune for sending me this!  You can find my first one her...

  Mailed through Rothera Research Station . Stamps: RRS Bransfield - Issued: 30-11-2000   Many thanks to Jan!

RV Polarstern departed 5 December 2021 from Bremerhaven, Germany and arrived on 4 January 2022 in Cape Town (South Africa) with a planned po...

The cruise leg PS113 coincided with the return voyage of Polarstern after finishing her Antarctic research season 2017/18. PS113 started on ...

The Princess Elisabeth Antarctica , located on Utsteinen Nunatak in Queen Maud Land (71°57′00″S 23°20′49″E), is a Belgian scientific polar r...

The Dumont d'Urville Station (French: Base antarctique Dumont-d'Urville) is a French scientific station in Antarctica on Île des P...

Polarstern Expedition  PS117 focusses on providing contributions to scientific projects encompassing physical oceanography, marine biology...

The Polarstern expedition PS107 to the Arctic (Tromsø – Tromsø) started on 23 July 2017 and led particularly to study areas in the central ...

BIO Hespérides (A-33), is a Spanish polar research vessel. It was built in 1990, by Bazán Shipyards of Cartagena (Spain). Hespérides is us...

This is another great cover from the german Research Vessel and Icebreaker Polarstern. The Expedition PS 104 was planned to start on 6th F...

I received this special cover yesterday. It took a long way from Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station ...

Yesterday I got this great cover. It comes from the Research Vessel and Icebreaker Polarstern. It is the most important resource for German...