7th of January
Historical Antarctic Pictures and Events
1912 - Douglas Mawson and the Australasian Antarctic Expedition on the Aurora reach Commonwealth Bay in an unusually calm spell. They begin to unload the ship and erect their huts, they will find it is one of the world's most windy places. Mawson will call his account of the expedition "The Home of the Blizzard"
1978 - First human birth on Antarctica, Emilio Marcos de Palma born at Argentinian Esperanza Station. The wife of station commander Jorge Emilio Palma was flown to the base while 7 months pregnant in an attempt to strengthen territorial claims with a native born citizen.
