Wanted: Workers for world's most southerly post office, after all-women team quits.

It is a job which promises no running water, no social media, sub-zero temperatures, and a commute that challenge the resolve of even the most stoical Southern Rail passenger.

Oh yes, and you'll have to pick up the poo of 2000 of your closest colleagues.

If that appeals, you'll be delighted to hear that workers are wanted to replace the all-woman team who run the world's most southerly post office.

Those attracted to operating the seasonal outpost at Port Lockroy on the frozen continent are warned that it takes around two weeks by plane and boat to travel the 11,000 miles to their new home.

The four assistant jobs at Port Lockroy - part of the British Antarctica Territory - command a monthly salary of £1100 and operate between November and March.

The current female-only team - due to head home in a few weeks are to head home - includes a Scot, Laura MacNeil, who was among more than 50 people who applied for the job last time round.

Laura, 37, from Lentran near Inverness - and a graduate of St Andrews and Glasgow universities - had travelled extensively and has experience in coping with extreme environments.

After graduating, Laura travelled for a year in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, working primarily in outback Western Australia. She has also lived and studied in Russia.

As well as Laura, the current team comprises leader Adele Jackson from Clayton West in Huddersfield; Hannelore Cuypers, originally from Belgium - and is a dentist in Norway - and Lucy Dorman, originally from Oxfordshire, but now spends her year in constant winter by moving between New Zealand and Canada bi-annually.

Post office staff hand frank 80,000 postcards and letters to send to more than 100 countries from the Penguin Post Office.

The team of four spend five months from November to March running the shop, post office and museum operation at Port Lockroy, which is visited by about 18,000 cruise ship passengers each season.

Port Lockroy stands on a grizzled outcrop named Goudier Island. There's no running water, no mains electricity, and temperatures can be well below zero even in summer.

There is also no central heating, no phone signal, and no means of communication with the world other than VHF radio and satellite phones for emergencies. And no darkness, either - being the southernmost tip of the globe, it is daylight pretty much 24 hours a day.

The team will also be responsible for the care and maintenance of the museum and overall site, as well as monitoring any impact on the local wildlife, which includes carrying out surveys of the resident gentoo penguin colony - and sweeping away their poo from the path. In accordance with the Antarctic Treaty, they will also ensure strict guidelines on the care of the environment are adhered to.

"We are once again seeking committed individuals to make up a team of four to spend up to five months (November - March) living and working at Port Lockroy in Antarctica and running the seasonal operation of the site," says the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust job advert.

"This will include managing the gift shop, a British Antarctic Territory Post Office, annual maintenance and upkeep of the historic buildings and artefacts, wildlife observations and many other varied and challenging tasks.

"We have no running water on the island, so washing facilities are basic. Water is collected in jerry cans from visiting ships or occasionally sourced from ice that collects on the shore. There are no shower facilities at Port Lockroy so staff are expected to be comfortable living with these limited washing facilities yet still keeping hygiene levels high.

"Visiting ships will offer showers every few days but when conditions are poor you might expect to go up to two weeks without visitors or a shower.

"There is no flushing toilet at Port Lockroy. There is a basic camping toilet which needs to be emptied on a daily basis.

"You will be on the Northern Antarctic Peninsula in the summer months so temperatures will vary between - 5C to +10C. Most days will be just a few degrees above zero but overcast days and wind-chill will make it feel colder."

Interviews for the first shortlisted candidates take place between May 15 and 17 with those selected for training going on to a course in October.

Applicants are warned that they will have "minimal communication with home for up to five months."

"There is no internet access at Port Lockroy nor is there mobile phone access. So no Facebook and other social media."

Applications close on March 6.