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61 relations: Admiralty Sound, Arctic, Aston Abbotts, Aylesbury, Baffin Bay, Blackheath, London, Blue plaque, Bomb vessel, Boothia Peninsula, British Antarctic Survey, Buckinghamshire, Captain (naval), Clarence Islands, Dip circle, Earless seal, Edward Sabine, European and American voyages of scientific exploration, Francis Beaufort, Francis Crozier, Francis McClintock, Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations, HMS Enterprise (1848), James Ross Island, James Ross Strait, John Franklin, John Ross (Royal Navy officer), Joseph Dalton Hooker, List of explorers, London, McGill-Queen's University Press, Moon, Mount Erebus, Mount Terror (Antarctica), North Magnetic Pole, Northwest Passage, Peel Sound, Polar Record, Port Leopold, Rae–Richardson Arctic Expedition, Ross (lunar crater), Ross Dependency, Ross expedition, Ross Ice Shelf, Ross Island, Ross Point, Ross Sea, Ross seal, Ross's gull, Rossøya, Royal Navy, ..., Royal Society, Seymour Island, Ship's doctor, Snow Hill Island, Somerset Island (Nunavut), The Abbey, Aston Abbotts, Thomas Abernethy (explorer), Victoria Land, Wellington Channel, Whaler, William Parry (explorer). Expand index (11 more) »
Admiralty Sound
Admiralty Sound is a sound which extends in a NE-SW direction and separates Seymour and Snow Hill Islands from James Ross Island, off the NE end of Antarctic Peninsula.
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Arctic
The Arctic is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth.
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Aston Abbotts
Aston Abbotts or Aston Abbots is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England.
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Aylesbury
Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire, England.
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Baffin Bay
Baffin Bay (Inuktitut: Saknirutiak Imanga; Avannaata Imaa; Baie de Baffin), located between Baffin Island and the southwest coast of Greenland, is a marginal sea of the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Blackheath, London
Blackheath is a district of south east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Lewisham.
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Blue plaque
A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker.
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Bomb vessel
A bomb vessel, bomb ship, bomb ketch, or simply bomb was a type of wooden sailing naval ship.
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Boothia Peninsula
Boothia Peninsula (formerly Boothia Felix, Inuktitut Kingngailap Nunanga) is a large peninsula in Nunavut's northern Canadian Arctic, south of Somerset Island.
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British Antarctic Survey
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national Antarctic operation and has an active role in Antarctic affairs.
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Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire, abbreviated Bucks, is a county in South East England which borders Greater London to the south east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north east and Hertfordshire to the east.
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Captain (naval)
Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships.
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Clarence Islands
The Clarence Islands are a Canadian Arctic island group in the Nunavut Territory.
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Dip circle
Dip circles (also dip needles) are used to measure the angle between the horizon and the Earth's magnetic field (the dip angle).
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Earless seal
The earless seals, phocids or true seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal lineage, Pinnipedia.
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Edward Sabine
General Sir Edward Sabine (14 October 1788 – 26 June 1883) was an Irish astronomer, geophysicist, ornithologist, explorer, soldier and the 30th President of the Royal Society.
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European and American voyages of scientific exploration
The era of European and American voyages of scientific exploration followed the Age of Discovery and were inspired by a new confidence in science and reason that arose in the Age of Enlightenment.
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Francis Beaufort
Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, KCB, FRS, FRGS, FRAS, MRIA (27 May 1774 – 17 December 1857) was an Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy.
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Francis Crozier
Captain Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier FRS FRAS (16 August 1796 – disappeared, 26 April 1848) was an Anglo-Irish officer of the Royal Navy, polar explorer, and researcher.
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Francis McClintock
Admiral Sir Francis Leopold McClintock or Francis Leopold M'Clintock KCB, FRS (8 July 1819 – 17 November 1907) was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy who is known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.
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Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations
The Grande Médaille d’Or des Explorations et Voyages de Découverte (Great Gold Medal of Exploration and Journeys of Discovery) has been awarded since 1829 by the Société de Géographie of France for journeys whose outcomes have enhanced geographical knowledge.
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HMS Enterprise (1848)
HMS Enterprise was an Arctic discovery ship laid down as a merchant vessel and purchased in 1848 before launch to search for Sir John Franklin's lost expedition.
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James Ross Island
James Ross Island is a large island off the southeast side and near the northeastern extremity of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Prince Gustav Channel.
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James Ross Strait
James Ross Strait, an arm of the Arctic Ocean, is a channel between King William Island and the Boothia Peninsula in the Canadian territory of Nunavut.
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John Franklin
Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was an English Royal Navy officer and explorer of the Arctic.
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John Ross (Royal Navy officer)
Admiral Sir John Ross CB, RN (24 June 1777 – 30 August 1856) was a British naval officer and Arctic explorer.
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Joseph Dalton Hooker
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century.
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List of explorers
The following is a list of explorers.
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London
London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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McGill-Queen's University Press
The McGill-Queen's University Press (MQUP) is a joint venture between McGill University in Montreal, Quebec and Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.
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Moon
The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth and is Earth's only permanent natural satellite.
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Mount Erebus
Mount Erebus is the second-highest volcano in Antarctica (after Mount Sidley) and the southernmost active volcano on Earth.
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Mount Terror (Antarctica)
Mount Terror is a large shield volcano that forms the eastern part of Ross Island, Antarctica.
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North Magnetic Pole
The North Magnetic Pole is the wandering point on the surface of Earth's Northern Hemisphere at which the planet's magnetic field points vertically downwards (in other words, if a magnetic compass needle is allowed to rotate about a horizontal axis, it will point straight down).
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Northwest Passage
The Northwest Passage (abbreviated as NWP) is, from the European and northern Atlantic point of view, the sea route to the Pacific Ocean through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.
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Peel Sound
Peel Sound is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada.
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Polar Record
Polar Record is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of Arctic and Antarctic exploration and research.
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Port Leopold
The locality Port Leopold is an abandoned trading post in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.
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Rae–Richardson Arctic Expedition
The Rae–Richardson Polar Expedition of 1848 was an early British effort to determine the fate of the lost Franklin Polar Expedition.
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Ross (lunar crater)
Ross is a lunar impact crater that is located in the northwest part of the Mare Tranquillitatis.
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Ross Dependency
The Ross Dependency is a region of Antarctica defined by a sector originating at the South Pole, passing along longitudes 160° east to 150° west, and terminating at latitude 60° south.
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Ross expedition
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''.
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Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (as of 2013 an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France).
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Ross Island
Ross Island is an island formed by four volcanoes in the Ross Sea near the continent of Antarctica, off the coast of Victoria Land in McMurdo Sound.
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Ross Point
Ross Point is a point forming the southeast side of the entrance to Varvara Cove on the southwest side of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, situated 7.85 km southeast of Harmony Point.
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Ross Sea
The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica, between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land and within the Ross Embayment.
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Ross seal
The Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossii) is a true seal (family Phocidae) with a range confined entirely to the pack ice of Antarctica.
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Ross's gull
The Ross's gull (Rhodostethia rosea) is a small gull, the only species in its genus, although it has been suggested it should be moved to the genus Hydrocoloeus, which otherwise only includes the little gull.
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Rossøya
Rossøya, sometimes referred to as Ross Island in English, is an island located in the Arctic Ocean.
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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.
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Royal Society
The President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, commonly known as the Royal Society, is a learned society.
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Seymour Island
Seymour Island is an island in the chain of 16 major islands around the tip of the Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Ship's doctor
A ship's doctor or ship's surgeon (frequently also called a navy surgeon or naval surgeon) is the person responsible for the health of the people aboard a ship at sea.
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Snow Hill Island
Snow Hill Island is an almost completely snowcapped island, long and wide, lying off the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Somerset Island (Nunavut)
In the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Somerset Island (Inuktitut Kuganajuup Qikiqtanga) is a large, uninhabited island separated by the wide Bellot Strait from the Boothia Peninsula in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, lying between Peel Sound (across which lies Prince of Wales Island) and Prince Regent Inlet (across which lies Baffin Island).
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The Abbey, Aston Abbotts
The Abbey, Aston Abbotts is a country house in Buckinghamshire, England.
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Thomas Abernethy (explorer)
Thomas Abernethy (1803–1860) was a Scottish seafarer, gunner in the Royal Navy, and polar explorer.
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Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau.
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Wellington Channel
The Wellington Channel (not to be confused with Wellington Strait) is a natural waterway through the central Canadian Arctic Archipelago in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut.
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Whaler
A whaler or whaling ship is a specialized ship, designed for whaling: the catching or processing of whales.
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William Parry (explorer)
Rear-Admiral Sir William Edward Parry, (19 December 1790 – 8 or 9 July 1855) was an English rear-admiral and Arctic explorer.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clark_Ross
