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Bellingshausen

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[bel-ingz-hou-zuhn] / ˈbɛl ɪŋzˌhaʊ zən /

noun

  1. Fabian Gottlieb von Faddey Faddeyevich Bellingshauzen, 1778–1852, Russian naval officer and explorer.


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Four of the five breeding sites near the Bellingshausen Sea studied likely had zero chicks that survived the breeding season.

From Salon • Aug. 25, 2023

Researchers used satellite imagery to look at breeding colonies in a region near Antarctica’s Bellingshausen Sea.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2023

Around the Bellingshausen Sea in late 2022, images captured by the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2 satellite looked very wrong.

From Scientific American • Aug. 24, 2023

Four out of five emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica’s Bellingshausen Sea region very likely lost their chicks late last year because of disappearing sea ice underneath their breeding grounds, according to a new study.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2023

In 1820, a Russian Navy ship under the command of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen made the first circumnavigation and sighting of the continent.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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