Emilio Palma

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Palma and the second or maternal family name is Morella.

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]

Emilio Marcos Palma
Born	Emilio Marcos de Palma (1978-01-07) 7 January 1978 (age 47) Esperanza Base, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica[a]
Citizenship	Argentine
Known for	Being the first human born on the Antarctic mainland
Relatives	Jorge Emilio Palma (father) Silvia Morella de Palma (mother)

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.^[3]

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.^[4] Emilio Palma was born in 7 January 1978 and baptized at the Chapel of St. Francis of Assisi on the base.^[5]

He is featured in the Guinness Book of Records as the first person born on the continent.^{[6][better source needed]}

See also

• Demographics of Antarctica
• Solveig Gunbjørg Jacobsen

Notes

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