Nathaniel Brown Palmer (1799 -1877) was a sailor in the United States Navy. He was born in Stonington, Connecticut. 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, Palmer Station, the Palmer Archipelago and RV Nathaniel B. Palmer are named after him. Antarctica: The Last Continent by Ian Cameron, page 71. *** Local Caption ***