birth_place citizenship name parents birth_date known_for article_title birth_name
esperanza -lrb- disputed between british antarctic territory and chilean antarctic territory base -rrb- , antarctica , trinity peninsula , argentine antarctic territory argentine emilio palma jorge palma -lrb- mother -rrb- emilio palma -lrb- father -rrb- silvia morella de 7 january 1978 being the first human born in antarctica emilio palma
 emilio marcos palma
emilio palma

emilio marcos palma -lrb- born january 7 , 1978 -rrb- is an argentine citizen who is the first person known to be born on the continent of antarctica .
he was born in fortín sargento cabral at the esperanza base near the tip of the antarctic peninsula and weighed .
his father , captain jorge emilio 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 most southerly .
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 .
as emilio was born in the claimed british antarctic territory , he had the right to claim british overseas territory citizenship under the terms of british antarctic nationality law .
however , neither he nor his parents filed a request , due to long-standing falklands islands dispute .
he is featured in the `` guinness book of records '' as the first person in history known to be born on the continent .
however , solveig gunbjørg jacobsen of norway , born in the island territory of south georgia in 1913 , is sometimes claimed as the actual first antarctica birth as that territory is sometimes considered part of antarctica .
