Hampshire newlywed prepares for "solo honeymoon" in Antarctica
Natalie Corbett will take up a job which includes running the world's most remote post office
Last updated 4th Oct 2022
A newlywed from Hampshire is among four women chosen to run the world's most remote post office in Antarctica.
Natalie Corbett from Liss near Petersfield beat 6,000 applicants for the five-month role on Goudier Island.
The team will abandon home comforts to live and work in the region without running water or a flushing toilet.
Ms Corbett, who will be in charge of running the gift shop, will leave behind her husband for the trip, which she dubbed a "solo honeymoon".
As well as dealing with sub-zero temperatures and almost constant daylight, the women will share the island with a colony of gentoo penguins.
The roles were advertised by the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) charity.
The women will spend Christmas together and take care of the charity's flagship site, Port Lockroy - home to the world's most remote post office and museum.
Training for the trip, which will see the team travel 9,000 miles to reopen the bay for the first time since the pandemic, includes learning remote first-aid and a talk from a "penguinologist".
Ms Corbett, who has worked in retail for more than a decade and got married in June, said she could not resist the opportunity to work on the island.
"Who wouldn't want to spend five months working on an island filled with penguins in one of the most remote places on the planet?
"I'll be leaving behind my husband, George, who I only married in June so I'm treating this like my solo honeymoon," the 31-year-old said.