Ronne disproved the notion that the continent was divided in two and established that East and West Antarctica was one single continent, i.e. that the Weddell Sea and the Ross Sea are not connected.
Ronne rebateu a idea de que o continente antártico estaba dividido en dous, establecendo que a Antártida Occidental e a Oriental forman un só continente, é dicir, que o mar de Weddell e o de Ross non están conectados.