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Definition of Ross Sea
1. Noun. An arm of the southern Pacific Ocean in Antarctica.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ross Sea
Literary usage of Ross Sea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917 by Ernest Henry Shackleton (1920)
"... PARTY I NOW turn to the fortunes and misfortunes of the Ross Sea party and
the Aurora. In spite of extraordinary difficulties occasioned by the breaking ..."
2. The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the by Roald Amundsen (1913)
"The chart of Ross Sea has been drawn chiefly as a guide to future expeditions.
It may be taken as certain that the best place to go through the ice is ..."
3. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1918)
"It was necessary, however, to send relief to his Ross Sea expedition, for its
ship, the Aurora, had broken from its moorings in Ross Sea and drifted with ..."
4. The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic by Ernest Henry Shackleton (1909)
"... Final Preparations at Lyttelton : Enthusiastic send-off: In tow of the Koonya
for 1510 miles: Getting through the Pack-ice : Ross Sea reached January 17 ..."
5. The Voyage of the 'Discovery' by Robert Falcon Scott (1905)
"Steering to the South—Fog—Icebergs—Entering Pack.ice—Life in the Pack—Nature of
Pack—Slow Progress—'Watering Ship'—Southern Edge of Pack—The Ross Sea—First ..."