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James Clark Ross


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in London, England, The United Kingdom
April 15, 1800

Died
April 03, 1862

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British explorer Sir James Clark Ross located the north magnetic pole in 1831 and on an Antarctic expedition from 1839 to 1843 discovered Victoria Land and the Ross Sea.

Ross Ice Shelf, a vast area in Antarctica, borders on the Ross Sea, an arm of the southern Pacific Ocean; Ross Island, site of the active volcano Mount Erebus, lies in the western part.

Since 1911, Antarctic expeditions used Bay of Whales, an inlet of the Ross Sea in the Ross Ice Shelf, as a base.

Sir James Clark Ross, an known officer of royal Navy, participated as John_Ross, his uncle, led twice, and as William Edward Parry led four times, and in particular for his own.

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A Voyage of Discovery and R...

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