Exhibition on Antarctic camps at the University of Buenos Aires, 15 years of trajectory

The purpose of this contribution is to present the Antarctic outreach activities, carried out systematically for 15 years by geoscientists, researchers of the Antarctic Institute of Argentina and teachers of the University of Buenos Aires in the exhibition of the” Earth Science Week at the University of Buenos Aires”. Since the first year of the exhibition, a real geological and palaeontological exploratory camp was set up, recreating the conditions of the terrain, with the assembly of the sleeping tents and laboratories, and also the natural environment with the polar clothing of the scientists, backpacks, ropes, sleds, taxidermied penguins and logistical accessories. Subsequently, hand-sampled rocks and petrographic sections were added for observation, as well as Mesozoic and Cenozoic fossils collected on expeditions in the James Ross Basin, northeast Antarctic peninsula. Maps, geological sheets and posters pointing out the lines of research in geology and palaeontology were considered. The target audience included university and high school students, as well as children from the kindergarten run by the university, families of university staff and passers-by. The experience was enriching, very successful, and as time went by, some geology, and palaeontology students confessed to us that as a result of interaction with scientists and seeing our enthusiasm, were triggers for studying geology and palaeontology at the University of Buenos Aires, and some of them are nowadays protagonists of Antarctic scientific life. Fil: Concheyro, Graciela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; Argentina. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Interno y Culto. Dirección Nacional del Antártico. Instituto Antártico Argentino; Argentina Fil: Lirio, Juan Manuel. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Interno y Culto. Dirección Nacional del Antártico. Instituto Antártico Argentino; Argentina