Alejandro Winograd

Alejandro Winograd

He was born in Buenos Aires in 1958. In 1983 he graduated as a Biologist and, a few months later, joined the National Geographic Society (CONICET), aimed at the study of dolphins in the Beagle Canal. In 1984 he was appointed Head of the Department of Natural Sciences of the Museum of the End of the World (Ushuaia) and, from then until now, has participated in numerous research projects related to the preservation and management of natural resources both in Tierra del Fuego and other provinces of Patagonia. He is also the author of several books: the volume of hot water storm tales (1994); the novel The Wind Spinning (1996); and Patagonia trials. Land of Giants (2002), Patagonia, a separate world (2004), both with photos of Daniel Rivademar and Patagonia. Myths and certainties (Edhasa, 2009).
Since 2003, he has been one of the directors of the Reserved Collection of the End of the World Museum (EUDEBA – End of the World Museum), dedicated to editing the chronicles of the first travelers and explorers of southern Patagonia and Antarctica.