Emilio Palma - Wikipedia Emilio Palma Emilio Palma Emilio Marcos Palma ( 1978 - 01 - 07 ) 7 January 1978 ( age 40 ) Esperanza Base, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica This area was and is still disputed between the Argentine Antarctic Territory, British Antarctic Territory and Chilean Antarctic Territory. Citizenship Argentine Known for being the first human born in Antarctica Parent ( s ) Jorge Emilio Palma ( father ) Silvia Morella de Palma ( mother ) Emilio Marcos Palma ( born 7 January 1978 ) is an Argentine man known for being the first documented person born on the continent of Antarctica. Contents 1 Biography 2 Other births in Antarctica 3 See also 4 References 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 Palma, was head of the Argentine Army detachment at the base. While ten people have been born in Antarctica since, Palma 's birthplace remains the southernmost. 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. The airlift was a part of the Argentine solutions to the sovereignty dispute over territory in Antarctica. Emilio was automatically granted Argentine citizenship by the government since his parents were both Argentine citizens, and he was born in the claimed Argentine Antarctica. This is a sector of Antarctica claimed by Argentina as part of its national territory, although this claim is not internationally recognised and overlaps with British and Chilean claims. He is featured in the Guinness Book of Records as the first person in history known to be born on the continent. Other births in Antarctica Solveig Gunbjørg Jacobsen of Norway, born in the island territory of South Georgia on 8 October 1913, was the first person born and raised in the Antarctic ( the world region south of the Antarctic Convergence ). The first human born in the wider Antarctic region was the Australian James Kerguelen Robinson, born in Kerguelen Islands on 11 March 1859. See also Solveig Gunbjørg Jacobsen James Kerguelen Robinson References Jump up ^ `` Life found under S Pole ice shelf ''. The Times. 10 January 1978. Jump up ^ `` Born Freezing : Meet Antarctica 's First Citizen ''. WebEcoist. Retrieved 12 July 2012. Jump up ^ The Guinness Book of Records. 1986. p. 17. Jump up ^ Gravminner i Norge, DISNorge.no ; retrieved 14 June 2012. ( in Norwegian ) Jump up ^ J. Robinson. Appendix B : Log of the Offley. In : Reminiscences. Hobart : Archives Office of Tasmania, 1906. pp. 98 - 99. ( Transcribed and edited by D. Cerchi. ) This Argentine biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emilio_Palma&oldid=852267638 '' Categories : 1978 births Living people People from Argentine Antarctica Argentine people stubs Hidden categories : Articles with Norwegian - language external links Articles with hCards All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from January 2016 All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Azərbaycanca Беларуская ( тарашкевіца ) ‎ Dansk Deutsch Ελληνικά Español Esperanto Français Հայերեն Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית ಕನ್ನಡ Magyar Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Русский Suomi Svenska Українська اردو 15 more Edit links This page was last edited on 27 July 2018, at 18 : 41 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who was the first documented person to be born on the continent of antarctica
Answer: Emilio Marcos Palma