Sir james clark ross biography of albert

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Sir James Clark Ross DCL FRS FLS FRAS (15 April – 3 April ) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer of both the northern and southern polar regions.


sir james clark ross biography of albert

Sir james clark ross biography of albert

Sir James Clark Ross, naval officer, polar discoverer (b at London, Eng 15 Apr ; d at Aylesbury, Eng 13 Apr ).

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James Clark Ross was now the most active experienced officer in Arctic matters in the Royal Navy, Parry having retired to become the Admiralty’s hydrographer.


Antarctic Explorers: James Clark Ross - South-Pole
In , also as midshipman, he took part in the first of a series of British naval expeditions which endeavoured to discover the North-west Passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific, .