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James Weddell (ur. 24 sierpnia 1787 w Ostendzie, zm. 9 września 1834 w Londynie) – brytyjski żeglarz, wielorybnik i łowca fok, eksplorator Antarktyki. Weddell dowodził trzema wyprawami do Antarktyki – kolejno w latach 1819–1821, 1821–1822 i 1822–1824.
He sailed back to England in 1832. Weddell died on 9 September 1834 at the age of forty-seven. Although perhaps less affluent and famous than might be expected, he died in his house at Norfolk Street off the Strand in London. He was buried in the churchyard of St Clement Danes in the Strand, very close to his home.
16 kwi 2022 · James Weddell was born in Ostend, Belgium, on 24 August 1787. He was a British navigator and sealer and undertook three expeditions to Antarctic regions. On his third voyage and in search of new hunting grounds in 1823, he unexpectedly beat James Cook’s southern record. James Weddell died on 9 September 1834 in London.
Weddell died penniless in Norfolk Street, off the Strand, London on 9 September 1834. He is remembered by Weddell Island (formerly Swan Island) in the Falklands and by the Weddell Sea in the Antarctic.
James Weddell is celebrated in polar history for his voyage of 1822–24 during which he penetrated the then unknown Weddell Sea as far as lat. 74° S., in the brig Jane and the cutter Beaufoy. This note sheds light on some other events in his life and records where the source material is to be found.
On his return to Britain, Weddell published an account of his explorations, including his carefully recorded observations of weather, tides and natural history. Little is known of Weddell's later years, apart from his continuing in trading ventures. He died in London on 9 September 1834.
James Weddell FRSE (24 August 1787 – 9 September 1834) was a British sailor, navigator and seal hunter who in February 1823 sailed to latitude of 74° 15′ S—a record 7.69 degrees or 532 statute miles south of the Antarctic Circle—and into a region of the Southern Ocean that later became known as the Weddell Sea.
