Who is Sir James Clark Ross? (original) (raw)
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862)
Synonyms:
James Clark Ross; Ross; Sir James Clark Ross
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Instance hypernyms:
adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))