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Weddell Sea

[wed-l, wuh-del] /ˈwɛd l, wəˈdɛl/
noun
1.
an arm of the Atlantic, E of Antarctic Peninsula.
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  • In short, it may be said that in the Weddell Sea the best weather comes in winter.

    South! Sir Ernest Shackleton

  • But the Weddell Sea was notoriously inhospitable and already we knew that its sternest face was turned toward us.

    South! Sir Ernest Shackleton

  • The hydrographical work in the Weddell Sea has done much to clear up the mystery of this, the least known of all the seas.

    South! Sir Ernest Shackleton

  • I cannot help thinking that if she wintered in the Weddell Sea she will be worse off than the Aurora.

    South! Sir Ernest Shackleton
British Dictionary definitions for Weddell Sea

Weddell Sea

/ˈwɛdəl/
noun
1.
an arm of the S Atlantic in Antarctica
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