After a brief history of the shelters used by the first explorers of the Kerguelen archipelago, find out how scientists work today in these lands between the roaring forties and the howling fifties through the particularities of their expeditions to the four corners of the archipelago, thanks to the shelters and huts that enable them to be as close as possible to their subjects of study: penguins, elephant seals, albatrosses and endangered glaciers.

Laëtitia Thérond is the scientific and cultural manager of the Espace des Mondes Polaires Paul-Émile Victor. She has led five missions to the Kerguelen Islands, including the archaeological map of the archipelago.

With Jean-Yves Besselièvre and Lénaïg L'Aot-Lombart, Laëtitia Thérond is the author of the book "Voyage en terres australes - Crozet & Kerguelen, de leur découverte à nos jours", published in 2022 (co-publication Locus Solus/Musée national de la marine).

At 4pm, free of charge. No advance booking required, subject to availability.

As part of the European Heritage Days. This 42nd edition will focus on architectural heritage.

For more information, call 03 39 50 80 20 or visit contact@espacedesmondespolaires.org