The Brazilian Winter Sports Federation in collaboration with the Club Andino Ushuaia recently held a set of FIS races at the Francisco Jerman Nordic Ski Area near Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.

Results are available at http://data.fis-ski.com/cross-country/results.html. The FIS races are part of a body of events in the region's "International Month of Cross Country Skiing" which also consists of the Marchablanca 21 KM in classic technique and the Ushuaia Loppet 42 KM in free technique.

The Marchablanca is a traditional and family friendly event for hundreds of skiers. An elite category does exist and elite skiers are called to the line early in order to start first.

For the first time ever, the Ushuaia Loppet will be a full Worldloppet member and mark the beginning of the 2015-16 Worldloppet calendar. Registration for the Ushuaia Loppet has reached 110 skiers from 18 countries including Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland.

Conditions have been the best they have been in 15 years. There are over 30 KMs total of groomed trails at the Jerman and the Provincial Cross Country Ski Trail (PIPEF), both within 30 minutes of Ushuaia. More information is available at http://www.ushuaialoppet.com/.

Source: fis-ski.com