Ross Sea

[raws see, ros]

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.”

Ross Sea

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ross Sea¹

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

Example Sentences

In 2004 an iceberg in a different area called the Ross Sea affected the breeding success of penguins, leading to a spike in deaths.

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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.

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But researchers say it’s just a matter of time before the virus crosses the Ross Sea to Australia.

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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.

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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.

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