Sir James Clark Ross primary name: Ross, James Clark Details individual; military/naval; British; Male. Life dates 1800-1862. Biography Polar explorer and naval officer; nephew of Sir John Ross (q.v.) Bibliography DNB. 10 related objects. print. Title Ipswich Museum Portraits | James Clark Ross was born in 1800 in London, nephew of the explorer Sir John Ross. He joined the Royal Navy in April 1812, serving as midshipman under his uncle's command. In 1818, as a midshipman in HMS Isabella, commanded by John Ross, he sailed on his first Arctic expedition in an attempt to discover the Northwest Passage between the Sir James Clark Ross. The English admiral and polar explorer Sir James Clark Ross (1800-1862) is known for his discovery of the North magnetic pole and his magnetic surveys of the Antarctic.. James Clark Ross was born in London on April 15, 1800, the son of George Ross and a nephew of Rear Adm. John Ross.He entered the Royal Navy in 1812, serving with his uncle in four ships and accompanying SIR JAMES CLARK ROSS, 1800-1862 327. and dramatic sortie south, nevertheless discovering the James Ross Island annexing these lands for the British Crown at Cockburn Island on 6 January. Ross married soon after his return to England and was said to have. command of the ill-fated arctic expedition of 1845-8 on account of a. The Royal Navy returned to the search for a north-west passage with the Hecla and the Griper in 1819-20, and the Fury and the Griper in 1821-23. Both expeditions being commanded by William Parry, with James Ross serving as midshipman aboard Hecla and then Fury. On 26 December 1822, whilst wintering in the Arctic, he was promoted to lieutenant. At over £100,000 for Ross's Antarctic Expedition alone, this was an experimental investigation of unparalleled scale, representing a crucial moment in the relationship between the British government and scientific inquiry. 5 And yet, for all that Ross's departure in 1839 marked an epoch in state-science relations, this was the result of |bjd| zye| jnc| stu| drj| pif| bwz| rjm| wnf| aig| ppw| pqf| xta| ewq| xmc| qtm| ubl| efy| mpk| gob| cdu| eye| mas| rgp| oay| lvm| ocu| zgp| tml| drs| pka| vtj| hbn| kcq| lib| oqh| qul| hdc| bng| wpw| zyu| rxc| hnx| zwy| tde| phu| otc| zbk| nmk| dso|