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Nathaniel Brown Palmer (August 8, 1799 – June 21, 1877) was an American seal hunter, explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer. He gave his name to Palmer Land, Antarctica, which he explored in 1820 on his sloop Hero. He was born in Stonington, Connecticut, and was a descendant of Walter Palmer, one of the town's founders. [1]
Jun 17, 2024 · Nathaniel Palmer (born August 8, 1799, Stonington, Connecticut, U.S.—died June 21, 1877, San Francisco, California) was an American sea captain and explorer after whom Palmer Land, a stretch of western Antarctic coast and islands, is named.
May 21, 2018 · Nathaniel Brown Palmer (1799-1877), American sea captain, sighted the part of the Antarctic Peninsula that came to be known as Palmer Land. In later life he engaged in designing and sailing clipper ships for the China trade.
In the 1840s, when New York City was the hub of the maritime world, Nathaniel Palmer, “Captain Nat” to his contemporaries, was considered the greatest of all mariners in that port. This was a time when fellow captains included “Bully” Samuels, Robert Waterman and Josiah Cressy.
The ship, named after the first explorer to see Antarctica, is a 94-meter icebreaker that supports global change studies in Antarctic waters. It can carry 37 scientists, has a crew of 22, and can operate for 75 days.
May 2, 2013 · Time-lapse of our icebreaker, the Nathaniel B. Palmer, traveling through the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Two months of sequences, condensed into less than five min...
Nov 18, 2022 · On November 18, 1820, Nathaniel Brown Palmer of Stonington, Connecticut, discovered the mainland of Antarctica, one of the seven continents. At 22, Palmer was an experienced sealer and the captain of the sloop Hero, part of a fleet of Stonington sealers.
