James Clark Ross
✓ Source-basedstableBritish explorer and naval officer (1800-1862)
Historical FiguresLived 1800 to 1862 · aged 61
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Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir James Clark Ross was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who explored both the North and South Poles. In the Arctic, he participated in two expeditions led by his uncle, John Ross, and in four led by William Edward Parry: in the Antarctic, he led his own expedition from 1839 to 1843.
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Illustration of the discovery of the North Magnetic Pole on the Boothia Peninsula in 1831, from Robert Huish's 1835 book.
Ross expedition in the Antarctic, 1847, by John Carmichael
"E.I. 1849": Enterprise and Investigator, inscribed by a crew member of the Ross expedition on Somerset Island in Nunavut, Canada
The Arctic Council Planning a Search for Sir John Franklin by Stephen Pearce, 1851
James Clark Ross, depicted in 1850 by Stephen PearceAwards 5
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Lived 1800 to 1862 · aged 61
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