[DOC] [TLE] Ross Ice Shelf - Wikipedia [PAR] The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica It is several hundred 
metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than 600 
kilometres (370 ... The ice shelf is named after Captain Sir James Clark Ross, 
who discovered it on 28 .... Scientists have long been intrigued by the shelf and 
its composition. [DOC] [TLE] McMurdo Sound - Wikipedia [PAR] McMurdo Sound and its ice-clogged waters extends about 55 kilometres (34 mi) 
long and wide. The sound connects the Ross Sea to the north with the Ross Ice 
Shelf cavity ... Captain James Clark Ross discovered this sound, which is about 
1,300 .... Residents of McMurdo Station and Scott Base have dubbed the nearby
... [DOC] [TLE] James Clark Ross - Wikipedia [PAR] Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800  3 April 1862) was a British naval officer 
and explorer ... In 1841, James Ross discovered the Ross Sea, Victoria Land, 
and the ... He recognized Peel Sound but thought it too ice-choked for Franklin to 
have ... Named after James Ross, the Ross Ice Shelf is Antarctica's largest ice 
shelf. [DOC] [TLE] McMurdo Station - Wikipedia [PAR] The McMurdo Station is a United States Antarctic research center on the south tip 
of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the... [DOC] [TLE] Shackleton's Forgotten Men - The New York Times [PAR] Immediately the men named this cold, high wall that blocked their path the Great 
Barrier. ... could never have sensed the true nature of the ice shelf from the ship's 
deck. ... Antarctic winter, and so Scott allowed Discovery to be set fast in the sea 
ice .... to Scott, Shackleton was forced to land on Ross Island in McMurdo Sound. [DOC] [TLE] McMurdo Ice Shelf - Expand Your Mind - Revolvy [PAR] During the latter, McMurdo Sound was discovered and named. ... The sound 
connects the Ross Sea to the north with the Ross Ice Shelf cavity to the south via 
... The Strait itself is around 25 km wide and in places over 900 m deep. .... British 
naval officer, has many places in Antarctica named after him Margaret McMurdo... [DOC] [TLE] Ross Ice Shelf - Trending Topics [PAR] The ice shelf is named after Captain Sir James Clark Ross , who discovered it on 
28 ... On January 5, 1841, a British Admiralty team in the Erebus and the Terror, ... 
hulls, was going through the pack ice of the Pacific near Antarctica in an attempt 
to ..... the Ross Sea party , would meanwhile establish camp in McMurdo Sound... [DOC] [TLE] Antarctica facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] At the head of each sea are great ice shelves, the Ross ice shelves in the Ross 
Sea ... have led oceanographers to regard the waters around Antarctica as a fifth 
ocean, ... (184143) that discovered Victoria Land in E Antarctica, the Ross Sea, 
and the ... Four British expeditions had bases on Ross Island at McMurdo Sound. [DOC] [TLE] What's in a name? The toponyms of Ross Island, Antarctica [PAR] The purpose of this review is to identify the place-names of Ross Island, ... l 
Appendix 3 New Zealand place naming poliey for the Ross Sea Region Page 90 
' .... Ross Island is situated at the Northwest edge ofthe Ross Ice Shelf. James .... 
Edward was delighted to have a newly discovered area of Antarctica named after 
him. [DOC] [TLE] Glacier 8 mi long, which lies close E of Gould Glacier and flows in a ... [PAR] An ice shelf 250 mi long and 40 mi wide, bordering Eights Coast from Cape .... 
Named by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition in 1956 after a mountain in 
Argentina. ... New Hampshire, a USAP sea ice specialist who worked in McMurdo 
Sound .... Discovered in 1832 by a British expedition under Biscoe, and named 
by him for... [DOC] [TLE] Antarctic History - Antarctica Online [PAR] It has been only 100 years since humans first occupied the continent of Antarctica 
.... (In fact, except for one British and one Russian expedition, government ...

Question: Antarctica's McMurdo Sound was discovered in 1841 by this Brit who has a nearby sea & ice shelf named for him
Answer: (Sir James Clark) Ross