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Sir James Clark Ross è stato un esploratore e navigatore britannico.
Sir James Clark Ross DCL FRS FLS FRAS (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer known for his explorations of the Arctic, participating in two expeditions led by his uncle John Ross, and four led by William Edward Parry, and, in particular, for his own Antarctic expedition from 1839 to 1843.
Sir James Clark Ross (born April 15, 1800, London, Eng.—died April 3, 1862, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire) was a British naval officer who carried out important magnetic surveys in the Arctic and Antarctic and discovered the Ross Sea and the Victoria Land region of Antarctica.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
ROSS, James Clark. Esploratore britannico, nato il 15 aprile 1800 a Londra, morto a Ailesbury il 3 aprile 1862. Entrato nella marina, prese parte ancor giovanissimo alle varie spedizioni polari condotte da Edward Parry; nel 1819 alla fortunata spedizione che raggiunse il Mar di Parry e l'isola Melville compiendo gran parte del Passaggio del ...
The Ross expedition was a voyage of scientific exploration of the Antarctic in 1839 to 1843, led by James Clark Ross, with two unusually strong warships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. It explored what is now called the Ross Sea and discovered the Ross Ice Shelf.
Ross, James Clark - Enciclopedia - Treccani. Esploratore polare (Londra 1800 - Aylesbury 1862). Partecipò ancor giovanissimo a numerose spedizioni polari insieme a E. Parry e allo zio John (1819-29), e durante una di esse determinò la posizione del polo magnetico boreale.
James Clark Ross (1800-1862), commander in the British Navy and England's most experienced and successful Arctic explorer, discovered the Magnetic North Pole in June 1831. During the eighteenth century, explorers wanted to find a Northwest Passage connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
