Antarctic Bicentennial Patch

Object/Artifact

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Historic Stonington

Name/Title

Antarctic Bicentennial Patch

Entry/Object ID

2025.602.13

Description

A bicentennial patch created in memory of Nathaniel B. Palmer's expedition that led him to sighting Antarctica in November of 1820. In January 2020, Mystic Seaport Museum sent Alexander Bulazel, Trustee and Chair of the Exhibitions Committee for Mystic Seaport, onboard the Abercrombie and Kent voyage to Antarctica carrying Captain Palmer's ditty box. Captain NB Palmer is depicted on the patch, along with the America, British and Russian flags.

Collection

Antarctica

Made/Created

Date made

2020

Time Period

21st Century