Weddell Sea
Americannoun
noun
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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
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
She is a member of a research team aboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough, which at the time of writing was sailing southeast through the Drake Passage to the Weddell Sea.
From National Geographic • Jan. 24, 2024
This peninsula, part of the same geological formation as the Andes Mountains, reaches north from Antarctica like an outstretched arm, cradling the Weddell Sea.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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