Emilio Palma

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Emilio Marcos Palma
Born
Emilio Marcos de Palma

(1978-01-07) 7 January 1978 (age 48)
Esperanza Base,
Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica [a]
Citizenship Argentine
Known forBeing the first human born on the Antarctic mainland
Relatives
  • Jorge Emilio Palma (father)
  • Silvia Morella de Palma (mother)

Emilio Marcos de Palma Morella (born 7 January 1978) is an Argentine man who was the first person born on the continent Antarctica. [1] [2] The first person to be conceived in the continent was Juan Pablo Camacho. [3]

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Biography

Palma was born in Fortín Sargento Cabral at the Esperanza Base, near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, and weighed 3.4 kg (7 lb 8 oz). His father, Captain Jorge Emilio Palma, was head of the Argentine Army detachment at the base. [4]

In late 1977, Silvia Morella de Palma, who was then seven months pregnant, was airlifted to Esperanza Base, in order to complete her pregnancy in the base. [5] Emilio Palma was born in 7 January 1978 and baptized at the Chapel of St. Francis of Assisi on the base. [6]

He is featured in the Guinness Book of Records as the first person born on the continent. [7]

Citizenship

Since the area in which Emilio Palma was born is also part of the British Antarctic Territory (BAT), he holds British citizenship as well as Argentine. [8] Full British citizenship was available to a person born in the territory before 1983. Since 1983, any person born in a British Overseas Territory would only have British Overseas Territories citizenship (BOTC) available to them. [9]

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Notes

  1. ↑ This area was and is still disputed between the Argentine Antarctic Territory, British Antarctic Territory and Chilean Antarctic Territory.

References

  1. ↑ Alexander Kumar; Sophie Duong (2012). "Surviving on the Edge: Medicine in Antarctica" (PDF). Issues (100). Control Publications: 24. ISSN   0819-8101.
  2. ↑ Frye, Ellen C. (2022). "8 - The ant-architecture of religion and spirituality in Antarctica". In Kelman, Ilan (ed.). Antarcticness - Inspirations and imaginaries (PDF). Google Scholar: UCL Press. p. 119. ISBN   978-1-80008-146-8.
  3. ↑ Camilo Bravo (25 November 2014). "Chile en la Antártica: a treinta años del primer chileno nacido en el fin del mundo". 24 Horas (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Life found under S Pole ice shelf". The Times. 10 January 1978.
  5. ↑ "Born Freezing: Meet Antarctica's First Citizen". WebEcoist. Retrieved 12 July 2012.[ dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Chapel of San Francisco de Asís. Base Esperanza (WAP ARG-Ø4)". Worldwide Antarctic Program. 2018-04-21. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  7. ↑ McWhirter, Norris (1986). 1986 Guinness book of world records. Internet Archive. Toronto ; New York : Bantam Books. p. 25. ISBN   978-0-553-25454-9.
  8. ↑ "British Antarctic Territory", Wikipedia, 2026-02-24, retrieved 2026-03-09
  9. ↑ British Nationality Act 1981, s.1, s.15 & s.50
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