Antarctic sealing ground South Shetlands. Rigging ship. Captain Alex. Palmer, left Stonington, USA on 1 September 1831, returned home on 2 September 1832 with 1,000 fur-seal skins, 2,100 barrels sea-elephant oil and 100 barrel sperm oil. Tender was the schooner Courier with as captain Barnard.
Source
Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887. (1978).
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