La difícil naturaleza de la península antártica: huellas en las dotaciones chilena, 1948-1958

This paper analyzes the permanent and transitory footprints that the Antarctic wilderness left on 218 army servicemen who wintered in Chilean Antarctic Base Bernando O’Higgins between 1948 and 1958. The research –based on military personnel records, diaries, as well as books published by such staff-does not focus in the traditional perspective that examines the impact of human activities on nature, but aspires –on the one hand-to examine men’s perceptions of the white continent, and –on the other hand-itaims to analyze and understand how the hostile Antarctic wilderness has affected men’s behaviors and feelings over time.