Made up of a southern maritime space and supposedly pristine Nothofagus forests, the territory of the OHMi Patagonia-Bahia Exploradores lies in a periglacial zone and is subject to the dual influences of Campo Hielo Norte (Northern Patagonian Ice Field, the second largest continental glacier in the southern hemisphere) and the south Pacific. The territory provides the ideal framework for observing the transformations brought about by an ongoing process of anthropization: namely the development of a tourist and productive economy (livestock) combined with the development of transport channels over land and sea, with increasing impacts on an ecosystem that had previously remained untouched.