A research project blending history, emotion, and memory has brought the name of Lorenzo Ferrer Maldonado back into the spotlight. First-year high school students from SEK International School Alborán have created a documentary titled 'From Berja (Almería) to the Arctic: The Journey That Took Lorenzo Ferrer to the Bering Strait (1588)', which goes beyond a typical school assignment.

Throughout their investigation, the students have explored archives, interviewed experts, visited Berja, and spoken with institutions to give a voice to a figure whose story had been buried among forgotten documents and state secrets. The documentary poses the question: 'What did that man feel when his feat, as immense as it was improbable, was silently buried?'

The work transports viewers from 16th-century Berja to the icy waters of the Arctic, reconstructing not only Ferrer Maldonado's potential nautical achievement but also the human side of a man who, after losing everything, pursued one of the greatest challenges in global navigation.

The project features testimonies from researchers such as Valeriano Sánchez Ramos and Alfonso Viciana Martínez-Lage, who argue that Ferrer's descriptions of Alaska and the strait precisely match the real geography. The mayor of Berja, José Carlos Lupión, and specialists in naval and historical fields also participated.

The result is a documentary with both an educational and deeply emotional core, transforming the students into memory explorers and seeking to restore Lorenzo Ferrer Maldonado to the place many believe he always deserved: among the great navigators in history.