The "ULTIMA PATAGONIA: caves & chasms from islands to marble glaciers" conference, presented by Stéphane Jaillet, CNRS research engineer at the Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de la Montagne (EDYTEM) laboratory, UFR Sciences et Montagne, will take place on Friday October 4 at 6.30pm at the Pôle culturel de la Visitation in Thonon-les-Bains .
It will also be held on :
- Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 6pm in Chambéry (Présidence de l'USMB, 27 rue Marcoz)
- Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 6pm in Annecy (La Turbine, Place Chorus, 74960 Cran Gevrier)
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
At 50° south latitude, the Patagonian karst, the southernmost on the planet, offers spectacular scenery and exceptional underground caves. For over 20 years, a series of expeditions in extreme climatic conditions has uncovered incredible morphologies, explored Chile's largest chasms and discovered the caves
of the Kawésqar Indians, the "nomads of the sea". As a result of this research, the island of Madre de Dios, the largest of these marble-glaciated islands, is now a candidate for Unesco World Heritage listing.