Antártida : la vida en el límite : las expediciones Bentart

This publication summarizes the documentary work of a large group ofSpanish and Foreign researches studying taxonomy and biology of seabed during several years, under the protection of Bentart projects and campaigns.Authors intend to immerse the reader on the knowledge of invertebratefauna inhabiting sea bed of West Antarctica, the working area forBentart project. The story dates back to 1986, when the projectcoordinator took part in the Antarctica-8611 campaign. but it was notuntil southern summer of 1994 that dreams of carrying out a spanishAntarctic campaing to study the benthos came true. The working areawas focused on Bransfield Strait and Livingston and Deception Islands. This campaign was followed by three more in the years 1995, 2003 and2006, the two last ones in the far-off and lonely Bellingshausen Sea.The text is accompanied by many surprising photographies illustratingboth the spectacular Antarctic landscapes and the diverse faunainhabiting sea bed. It is completed with the documentary Antártida: La vida en el límite (Antarctica: Life at the limit), awarded indifferent science and nature documentary competitions. It shows thedevelopment of Bentart campaigns in the Austral Ocean.
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,"Knowing our planet is essential to preserve it.Exploring the remaining virgin places is one of the greatestchallenges for humankind. Antarctica is the last one, the mostinhospitable and dangerous place to be discovered". These words arethe beginning for the documentary by José A. Moya ?titled, like thebook, Antártida: La vida en el límite (Antarctica: Life at thelimit)?, which sums up perfectly the intention of Ana Ramos when shestarted the Bentart campaigns: the story and main results are shown in this work. The documentary and the book in tandem are essential tounderstand the effort of a group of experienced scientists with just a few financial resources but willing to get involved in an exceptional adventure .