An Argentine artist died during an expedition to the lighthouse of the end of the world – 01/04/2019

He was 55 years old and was plastic artist: Fernando "Cany" Soto, the only Argentine of the expedition to have traveled on a sailboat until the Lighthouse at the end of the world to turn it on, He died this Sunday at dawn after suffering from heart disease.

The information was confirmed by the press agency Telam, which quotes at the same time the family sources of the artist. Soto would have been chosen by an expedition led by French people who would have gone from Tierra del Fuego to the island of the States to settle there a new lighting system in the lighthouse that inspired the novelist Jules Verne.

The shipment would be registered via drawings and paintings this would later be part of a book and a documentary: this is the reason why Soto was included among those who went to the island. Once on site and before the onset of symptoms of heart disease, the doctor participating in the trip decided that Argentina should return to Ushuaia before the rest of the group ordered by the French Andre Bronner.

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Although he arrived stabilized at the capital fueguina, he died after a decompensation. He was from Chaco but lived in Tierra del Fuego for several years. Among his artistic inclinations, he stands out above all as a muralist.

"We arrived happy to have accomplished the mission, but appalled by this terrible news"The other eleven people who went to the Island of the States returned to Tierra del Fuego after fulfilling their purpose," said Telam Claire Montenay, a member of the expedition.

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In 1998, Bronner had rebuilt the lighthouse on the island. He installed an exact replica in the French city of La Rochelle. This time, the French have installed a lighting system that consumes less solar energy and that replaces the one that had stopped working. It cost 12 000 euros, financed by public and private contributions from France.

They also installed on the island a memorial wall made of Douglas wood, naturally resistant to fungi, so that visitors to the lighthouse could put their plates.

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