The tracking of the steam occurred in the middle of the making of a documentary, The Search for Helvecia, by the production company Acuanauta Films, whose members had the collaboration of Conicet staff.
A group of Conicet scientists and filmmakers managed to locate the steam Helveciafundamental for trade between Argentina and Chile at the beginning of the 20th century, sunk in the depths of Lake Nahuel Huapi. The disappearance of the ship, in 1906, had given rise to countless legends and mysteries, finally resolved in the last hours.
The tracking of the steam occurred in the middle of the making of a documentary, The Search for Helvecia, by the production company Acuanauta Films, whose members had the collaboration of Conicet staff.
Beyond all the stories that emerged throughout these 118 years, the filmmakers’ project Nicolas Mazzola, Pablo Sigüenza and Lucas Bonfanti had revived interest in finding the exact point of the shipwreck.
The Acuanauta Films team, with the support of specialists from IPATEC (Andean Patagonian Institute of Biological and Geoenvironmental Technologies), led by researcher Gustavo Villarosa, used cutting-edge technology to explore the bottom of the lake.
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As it is not possible to see the bottom of the lake, since natural light only penetrates a few meters into the lake, The group had to use submersible vehicles, which swept the seabed.
The Helvecia, which carried out an important task for commercial exchange with Chile at the dawn of the last century, but sank without knowing for sure what the reason for the incident had been.
According to oral records and chronicles of the time, there are three versions of the shipwreck: an explosion, sabotage or the appearance of a giant wave that caused the boat to capsize.
The documentary
The Search for Helvecia is an 85-minute documentary film directed by Nicolás Mazzola, a documentary diver who is dedicated to audiovisual communication, planning and research in film and television.
Mazzola formed a team to make the documentary, compile judicial data, historical archives and all records, including popular stories, that would allow them to access information about Helvecia.
This project was awarded by the INCAA in the 13th edition of the “Raymundo Gleyzer Federal Feature Film Project Development Competition”, for the Patagonia region.
Source: Ambito
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