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Ross Sea
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Ross Sea
n
(Placename) a large arm of the S Pacific in Antarctica, incorporating the Ross Ice Shelf and lying between Victoria Land and the Edward VII Peninsula
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Noun1.Ross Sea - an arm of the southern Pacific Ocean in AntarcticaRoss Sea - an arm of the southern Pacific Ocean in Antarctica
Antarctic continent, Antarctica - an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep; "Antarctica is twice the size of Australia"


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Dr Wadham said: "There is no Bay of Whales anymore and this iceberg has the same potential to change the geography of the region.
However, because Scott so grossly misjudged the difficulties of manhauling (along with other equally damning misjudgments), he and his men were still out on Beardmore Glacier well into the onset of the Antarctic autumn and long after Amundsen and his party had successfully returned to their base at the Bay of Whales.
 
 
 
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