Sending Postcards from Antarctica, Traveling Over 20,000 Kilometers Across the Ocean to China – How Long Will It Take?
When it comes to Antarctica, what comes to your mind? A mysterious white continent, the southernmost point of the Earth, with million-year-old glaciers, penguins, seals, blue whales. These are the frequent guests of Antarctica. It’s also the world’s end ice and snow world, with white dominating everything. When you’re there, life feels like it’s entering an eternal moment.
Far away from the hustle and bustle of the world, standing alone at the southernmost point of the Earth. It has a pure, beautiful, and mysterious unique charm that is so captivating, even a lifelong travel dream for many people. The pure white and breathtaking baby blue are the main colors here. This is the Hai Da Lu Du Midnight Sun cruise ship for a 10-day journey with us, taking us from Punta Arenas, Chile, to the Antarctic Peninsula.
The editor's first time in Antarctica, friends heard that they wanted to bring gifts back if they came to Antarctica, but thinking about Antarctica, there's nothing to bring back, nothing can be taken away. So they thought of sending postcards. Do you happen to have sent postcards in Antarctica? Antarctica is the farthest place from us. Since Antarctica doesn’t have permanent residents, only a few research stations, how do you send a postcard to China?
Next, I will solve the puzzle for you. First, the Midnight Sun cruise ship we are riding sells Antarctic postcards, or you can bring your own. You can also get the ship’s stamp. It costs about 14 RMB to send a postcard to China. It’s actually not expensive. After sticking on the postage, you can just hand it to the cruise ship's front desk.
Then the cruise ship will transport all the postcards by speedboat to the British station, Antarctica Peninsula, which is the only place with shops and postal services. Then it’s shipped to South Georgia Island, and finally shipped back to the UK. Then it's sent to China. Once it arrives in China, the speed depends on the cities.
This is a postcard my friend sent to Nanjing, it took about 40 days to arrive, and it was stamped with the Great Wall station. This is worth remembering. This is a postcard my friend sent to Hangzhou, it also took about 40 days to arrive. I sent a total of 5 postcards, 2 of which are still not received in Fuzhou, and they may just sink into the sea. I hope they can be received one day, after all, this is a very memorable postcard. What do you think about sending a postcard from Antarctica to China, which is thousands of miles away? Welcome to comment, leave a message, forward and like.
