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Esperanza Base seen from Hope Bay. Built in 1953, [2] [3] [4] the base houses 56 inhabitants in winter, including 10 families and 2 school teachers. Provincial school #38 Presidente Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín (formerly named Julio Argentino Roca) was founded in 1978 and acquired independent status in 1997.
The Chapel of St. Francis of Assisi [1] (Spanish: Capilla de San Francisco de Asís) is a chapel of the Roman Catholic Church located on the Esperanza Base administered by Argentina, [citation needed] on the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica. [2] It is one of eight churches on Antarctica. Founded on February 18, 1976, and ...
Esperanza Base is a permanent, all year-round Argentine research station which was established in 1952. It is operated by the Instituto Antartico Argentino and has an average of 55 inhabitants in winter. The base installations have displaced part of a penguin rookery. [citation needed]
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. [1] While ten people have been born in Antarctica since, Palma's birthplace remains the southernmost.
The transmitter building is shown behind the large white antenna [1]. LRA36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel (also known as Radio San Gabriel and Radio Arcángel San Gabriel), is an Argentine radio station that transmits on shortwave on 15476 kHz in the 19 meter band [2] and on 96.7 FM, from Esperanza Base, Antarctica. [3]
This is a list of people born at Esperanza Base, Antarctica. As of 2010, the following people were named by the Argentine Army as having been born at Esperanza Base. [1] Emilio Marcos Palma (1978), the first child born in Antarctica; Marisa de las Nieves Delgado (1978), the first girl born in Antarctica; Rubén Eduardo de Carli (1979)
The first was Emilio Marcos Palma, born on 7 January 1978 to Argentine parents at Esperanza, Hope Bay, near the tip of the Antarctic peninsula. [5] The first girl born on the Antarctic continent was Marisa De Las Nieves Delgado, born on 27 May 1978. The birth occurred at Fortín Sargento Cabral, Base Esperanza (Argentine Army). [6] [7]
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