Name/Title
Antarctic Bicentennial PatchEntry/Object ID
2025.602.13Description
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
AntarcticaMade/Created
Date made
2020Time Period
21st Century