GoKawiilArchaeologists find likely 1873 shipwreck camp on Isla de los Estados
Researchers surveying Lacroix Inlet on Isla de los Estados, an island off Tierra del Fuego, have uncovered remains of a temporary camp and shipwreck debris that they believe belonged to Argentine sailor Luis Piedra Buena and the crew of his schooner brig Espora, lost in 1873. The findings, published in Antiquity and led by Nicolas Ciarlo of the University of Cadiz, were made during fieldwork in January 2026.