James Clark Ross

In 1831, James Clark Ross was a member of the party that reached the north magnetic pole for the first time.

Three National Expeditions to Antarctica 2009

InJanuary 1841, a British expedition under the command of James Clark Ross, composed of thetwo sailing shipspassed through the pack ice of the Pacific near Antarctica for the first time, in an attempt to reach the South Magnetic Pole.

Ross Ice Shelf 2009

For this reason the Fram carried a whole library of Antarctic literature, containing everything that has been written by the long succession of explorers in these regions, from James Cook and James Clark Ross to Captain Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton.

The South Pole~ From Madeira to the Barrier 2009

James Clark Ross, commander of the British Antarctic expedition of 1839-42.

Three National Expeditions to Antarctica 2009

The ice shelf was named after Captain James Clark Ross who discovered it on 28 January 1841.

Ross Ice Shelf 2009

The British expedition was not advanced until mid-1838, but once approved, gained the command of probably one the most experienced, active polar explorer in the world, James Clark Ross.

Three National Expeditions to Antarctica 2009

Sir John Ross, his Scotsman's face showing more sharp facets than an iceberg, had eyebrows leaping out like the ruffs and feathers of those penguins his nephew Sir James Clark Ross had described after his trip to the south arctic.

The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

There is James Clark Ross, older and fatter and less happy than Crozier has ever seen him.

The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

After five years in the ice of Antarctica with James Clark Ross, Crozier thought he was understating the acquaintance.

The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

The camp is set along the edge of a wide Inlet about two Miles south of a cairn raised almost two Decades ago at Victory Point by James Clark Ross.

The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007