Solveig Gunbjørg Jacobsen
| Solveig Gunbjørg Jacobsen | |
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 Photograph of Solveig Jacobsen standing (with her dog) in front of a whale on the Grytviken flensing plan, taken by Magistrate Edward Binnie in 1916 |
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| Born | October 8, 1913 Grytviken, South Georgia Island |
| Died | October 25, 1996 (aged 83) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Known for | First person born South of the Antarctic Convergence |
Solveig Gunbjørg Jacobsen (October 8, 1913 – October 25, 1996)[1] was the first person born South of the Antarctic Convergence, in Grytviken, South Georgia.[2] Her father Fridthjof Jacobsen (1874–1953) settled in South Georgia in 1904 to become assistant manager, and from 1914 to 1921 manager of the Grytviken whaling station.[2] Jacobsen and his wife Klara Olette Jacobsen had two of their children born on the island.[2] The birth was registered by the resident British Stipendiary Magistrate of South Georgia, James Wilson.[2] She died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and was buried in Molde, Norway.
Jacobsen Valley in Vinson Massif, Antarctica is named after Solveig Gunbjørg Jacobsen.
[edit] First person born on Antarctica?
Solveig Gunbjørg Jacobsen was the first person born South of the Antarctic Convergence, and South Georgia is usually classified as an Antarctic island for that reason.
However, the Antarctic Treaty defines Antarctica as any territory located South of the 60th parallel, therefore South Georigia is not included in Antarctica according to such definition. In fact, Yaghan (or Yamana) and Haush aboriginals, or their ancestors from the Tierra del Fuego archipielago, had been born South of Grytviken for thousands of years, as well as Argentine citizens since the 1880s in the recently founded Ushuaia.
The first person undisputedly born on Antarctica (and also in the Antarctic mailnland) was Argentine citizen Emilio Palma, born at Esperanza Base in 1978.
[edit] See also
- History of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Emilio Palma, the first person undisputedly born on Antarctica, and also the first one to be born on the Antarctic mainland (in 1978)
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