E Lucas Bridges

E. Lucas Bridges, son of missionary Thomas Bridges, spent over 40 years in the wild and desolate Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. He was the only writer who lived amongst the native Fuegians in their original condition and recorded their ways. R. Natalie P. Goodhall, a native of Ohio, has lived at Estancia Harberton since 1963 when she married Thomas D. Goodhall, a great -nephew of Lucas Bridges. She is a research scientist and specialist on the flora, mammals and birds of Tierra del Fuego. She...See more

E. Lucas Bridges, son of missionary Thomas Bridges, spent over 40 years in the wild and desolate Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. He was the only writer who lived amongst the native Fuegians in their original condition and recorded their ways. R. Natalie P. Goodhall, a native of Ohio, has lived at Estancia Harberton since 1963 when she married Thomas D. Goodhall, a great -nephew of Lucas Bridges. She is a research scientist and specialist on the flora, mammals and birds of Tierra del Fuego. She has received numerous grants from the National Geographic Society, is a member of the Explorer's Club, recipient of the Gold Medal of the Society of Woman Geographers, and founder of the R. Natalie P. Goodall Foundation, formed to further historical and scientific research in the region. See less