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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.
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.
James Weddell was a British explorer and seal hunter who set a record for navigation into the Antarctic and for whom the Weddell Sea is named. Weddell commanded the sealing brig “Jane” on three Antarctic voyages, the success of the first (1819–21) permitting him to buy a share in the vessel.
James Weddell (Ostende, 24 de agosto de 1787 - Londres, 9 de septiembre de 1834) fue un marino británico. Su juventud.
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 (* 24. August 1787 in Ostende, Belgien; † 9. September 1834 in London) war ein britischer Seefahrer und Robbenjäger . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Biographie. 1.1 Frühe Jahre. 1.2 Erste Reise in die antarktische Region. 1.3 Zweite Reise in die antarktische Region. 1.4 Dritte Reise in die antarktische Region. 1.5 Späteres Leben. 1.6 Ehrungen.
The Weddell Sea—one of the two great indentations into the Antarctic Continent—is a spawning ground of polar ice, yet in 1823 Weddell sailed further south than was conceivable at the time. His record stood for 18 years, until James Clark Ross ventured into the waters on the other side of Antarctica, and steam had ousted sail before anyone ...
