Chilean scientists, members of the Omora Park Foundation, Universidad de Magallanes, (Magellan´s University), together with a group of bryologists of the New York Botanical Garden, the British Bryological Society and the Duke and Connecticut Universities of the United States, are currently conducting research on mosses, hepatic plants and lichens diversity and ecology of the Chilean sub Antarctic region.

MOSSES AND HEPATIC PLANTS
The Chilean sub Antarctic region, a small area located southern Tierra del Fuego, has approximately 750 types of bryophytes, representing 5% of the species of mosses and hepatic plants of the world.

DIVERSITY OF LANDSCAPES
The Cape Horn area presents a great diversity of landscapes: Darwin Mountain, Dientes de Navarino (teeth like peaks), Beagle Channel, Murray Channel, Wulaia, Wollaston Islands, and the legendary Cape Horn.