biography
| name: |
Ross, Sir James Clark
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1800–62)
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| biography:
| Polar explorer, born in London, UK. He discovered the north magnetic pole in 1831, then commanded an expedition to the Antarctic seas (1839–43), where the Ross Barrier, Sea, and Island are named after him. He was knighted in 1843. |
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