7th of January
Historical Antarctic
Pictures and Events
Douglas Mawson, Australasian Antarctic Expedition on the ship Aurora, 1911 - 1914.
1912 - The Aurora reaches Commonwealth Bay in an unusually calm spell. The ship is unloaded and huts erected, the expeditioners will subsequently 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.