[DOC] [TLE] Antarctic History - Antarctica Online [PAR] During the 1700's, the French became active in exploring for new land to the .... A 
merchant captain named William Smith was sailing around Cape Horn on his 
way .... Pack ice prevented him from landing, so he set a course to Kergulen 
Island ... On January 9, 1841, Ross pushed through the pack ice and into the 
Ross Sea. [DOC] [TLE] History of Antarctica - Wikipedia [PAR] For the natural history of the Antarctic continent, see Antarctica. The history of 
Antarctica .... Francis Drake like Spanish explorers before him had speculated 
that there might ... and discovered the South Sandwich Islands (named Sandwich 
Land by him), the .... During this period the Antarctic continent became the focus 
of an... [DOC] [TLE] James Clark Ross - Wikipedia [PAR] Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800  3 April 1862) was a British naval officer 
and explorer ... Between 1819 and 1827, Ross took part in four Arctic expeditions 
under Sir William ... In 1841, James Ross discovered the Ross Sea, Victoria Land
, and the ... Ross reported that Admiralty Sound (which he named Admiralty Inlet)
... [DOC] [TLE] United States Exploring Expedition - Wikipedia [PAR] The United States Exploring Expedition was an exploring and surveying 
expedition of the .... That part of Antarctica was later named Wilkes Land. ... In 
1841, the expedition explored the west coast of South America and North 
America, including .... greenhouse in 1850, which later became the United States 
Botanic Garden. [DOC] [TLE] John Franklin - Wikipedia [PAR] Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RN (16 April 1786  11 June 1847) 
was an English ... In 1825 he left for his second Canadian and third Arctic 
expedition. .... Wales encountered Terror and Erebus moored to an iceberg in 
Lancaster Sound. .... Street, in the city centre of Adelaide, South Australia, is 
named after him. [DOC] [TLE] Antarctica facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] British and U.S. seal hunters followed him to South Georgia, an island in the S 
Atlantic. ... James C. Ross commanded two vessels on an expedition (184143) 
that ... and the seas of the Scotia Arc became the center of Antarctic whaling until 
after ... He had planned to sledge to McMurdo Sound, via the South Pole, but his
... [DOC] [TLE] Lieutenant Charles Wilkes 17981877 Named Maury Island for Lt ... [PAR] In 1841 Lt. Charles Wilkes and the United States Exploring Expedition sailed ... 
the harbor in the island's center for them all collectively; he named Colvos ... 
appointment as a midshipman in the U.S. Navy, and became a lieutenant in 1826
. ... Antarctic landmass, to survey and map island groups in the Pacific, and to 
gather. [DOC] [TLE] Admiral Sir Edward Belcher of the British Royal Navy [PAR] Belcher's Arctic expedition played a significant role in demonstrating the 
existence of ... It is thus fitting that several places on the globe are named for him, 
such as .... for Franklin, who became missing while on a later 1845 expedition to 
the Arctic. ... 1841 (1843), Edward Belcher described the Sulphur as weighing 
380 tons,... [DOC] [TLE] Captain Robert Falcon Scott | Explore Royal Museums Greenwich [PAR] Captain Robert Falcon Scott was the first British explorer to reach the South Pole 
and ... named Kathleen Bruce in 1908, and they had one son, Peter, who became 
a ... to explore the part of Antarctica around the Ross Sea, discovered in 1841 by 
Sir ... sent out from McMurdo Sound after the end of the Antarctic winter of 1912. [DOC] [TLE] America's Top Ten Explorers [PAR] Dec 16, 2009 ... Continuing his journey west, Gray then became the first American merchantman 
to sail ... Wilkes also is well-known for his 1841 exploration of Puget Sound and 
the ... Credit for discovering the North Pole is still being debated in Arctic ... led 
to a mountain ridge on that icy continent being named after him. [DOC] [TLE] After Lewis & Clark - Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America ... [PAR] In the decades after Lewis and Clark the company of

Question: In 1841 a sound that became a center for Antarctic exploration was named for him
Answer: McMurdo