Nathaniel Brown Palmer (1799 - 1877) was a sailor in the United States Navy. He was born in Stonington, Connecticut. 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... The Town of Stonington, Connecticut, in the southeastern corner of the state, includes the communities of the Borough of Stonington, Mystic, Old Mystic, Pawcatuck and Wequetequock, the site of the first European settlement in 1649, in lands that had belonged to the Pequots. ...

On November 17, 1820, while searching for new seal rookeries, young "Captain Nat" became one of the first three people, and the first American, to see Antarctica. The Palmer Peninsula and Palmer Station are named after him. November 17 is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... subfamilies Otariidae Phocidae Odobenidae Pinnipeds are large marine mammals belonging to the Pinnipedia, a family (sometimes a suborder or superfamily, depending on the classification scheme) of the order Carnivora. ... Booth Island and Mount Scott flank the narrow Lemaire Channel on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula. ... Categories: Outposts of Antarctica | Stub ...

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History of Antarctica After splitting from Gondwana, Antarctica drifted slowly to its present position over the South Pole. ...

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Account of Nathaniel Palmer's sighting of Antarctica