Ross Sea

American  

[raws see, ros] / ˈrɔs ˈsi, ˈrɒs /

noun

1. the world’s southernmost sea, a deep embayment of the Southern Ocean, extending into Antarctica south of New Zealand: nicknamed the “Last Ocean.”

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Ross Sea British  

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of Ross Sea

First recorded in 1905–10; named after Sir James Ross, who visited the area in 1841

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Ross Sea

It has happened to other penguin colonies - an iceberg blocked a group in the Ross Sea for several years, leading to no breeding success, he explains.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2024

A few individuals or their eggs might occasionally drift on currents to neighboring groups, but populations in the Ross Sea and Weddell Sea are separated by the impassable West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2023

The two icebreakers will also conduct environmental surveys in the Prydez Bay, the Astronaut Sea in southeast Antarctic, and in the Ross Sea and Amundsen Sea in the west.

From Reuters ● Nov. 1, 2023

Shero’s team, for example, requires a helicopter or snowmobiles for a daily commute from McMurdo over the frozen Ross Sea to the foot of snow-covered Mount Erebus, an active volcano.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 13, 2023

Captain Scott, who commanded the Discovery in the expedition of 1901, went with the men in his command to Ross Sea and made his head-quarters near the head of that body of water.

From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello