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Weddell Sea

American  
[wed-l, wuh-del] / ˈwɛd l, wəˈdɛl /

noun

  1. an arm of the Atlantic, E of Antarctic Peninsula.


Weddell Sea British  
/ ˈwɛdəl /

noun

  1. an arm of the S Atlantic in Antarctica

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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They examined wildlife at 10 sites across the South Shetland Islands, the northern Weddell Sea, and the Antarctic Peninsula.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 12, 2026

In a secluded section of Antarctica's western Weddell Sea, researchers have made an extraordinary discovery in an area once concealed beneath 200 meters of solid ice.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2025

The region under study is the Brunt Ice Shelf, which is the floating protrusion of glaciers that have flowed off the continent into the Weddell Sea.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2024

A 23-meter-long sailboat set off last week from Argentina for Antarctica’s Weddell Sea with eight scientists, lots of cloacal swabs, and a genetic fingerprinting machine aboard.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 18, 2024

Yet ahead to the south in the Weddell Sea, brilliant blue icebergs shone in the polar sun like the walls and ramparts of a fortress.

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

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