Ross, James Clark

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Ross, James Clark (1800–1862)

English explorer. He discovered the north magnetic pole in 1831. He also went to the Antarctic 1839; Ross Island, Ross Sea, and Ross Dependency are named after him. He was knighted in 1843.

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