Question: Who fathered the leader of the first expedition to reach Asia by sailing west across the ocean in which a deep water berth can be found on Tuvalu?

explorer james clark ross passed through what is now known as the ross sea and discovered ross island (both of which were named after him) in 1841. he sailed along a huge wall of ice that was later named the ross ice shelf. mount erebus and mount terror are named after two ships from his expedition: hms erebus and terror. mercator cooper landed in east antarctica on 26 january 1853.during the nimrod expedition led by ernest shackleton in 1907, parties led by edgeworth david became the first to climb mount erebus and to reach the south magnetic pole. douglas mawson, who assumed the leadership of the magnetic pole party on their perilous return, went on to lead several expeditions until retiring in 1931. in addition, shackleton and three other members of his expedition made several firsts in december 1908 – february 1909: they were the first humans to traverse the ross ice shelf, the first to traverse the transantarctic mountains (via the beardmore glacier), and the first to set foot on the south polar plateau. an expedition led by norwegian polar explorer roald amundsen from the ship fram became the first to reach the geographic south pole on 14 december 1911, using a route from the bay of whales and up the axel heiberg glacier. one month later, the doomed scott expedition reached the pole. <SEP> The Portuguese Vasco da Gama, accompanied by Nicolau Coelho and Bartolomeu Dias, is the first European to reach India by an all - sea route from Europe. <SEP> Vasco da Gama's father was Estêvão da Gama, who had served in the 1460s as a knight of the household of Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu. He rose in the ranks of the military Order of Santiago. Estêvão da Gama was appointed "alcaide-mór" (civil governor) of Sines in the 1460s, a post he held until 1478; after that he continued as a receiver of taxes and holder of the Order's commendas in the region. <SEP> the little missouri falls is a sizable waterfall on the upper reaches of the little missouri river in southwest arkansas in the ouachita national forest. it is a stairstep fall in a deep gorge. the falls can be reached by an all-weather gravel road, and there is a parking area with restrooms and a paved trail leading to observation sites. water flow is greatest during the winter and spring months. <SEP> Tokinivae is an islet of Nui atoll, in the Pacific Ocean state of Tuvalu.< Nui tradition is that Kolaka, a warrior from Nukufetau came on several raiding expeditions to Tokinivae, until he was killed and buried at Tararorae. <SEP> The merchant marine fleet consists of two passenger/cargo ships Nivaga III and Manu Folau. These ships carry cargo and passengers between the main atolls and travel between Suva, Fiji and Funafuti 3 to 4 times a year. The Nivaga III and Manu Folau provide round trip visits to the outer islands every three or four weeks. The Manu Folau is a 50-metre vessel that was a gift from Japan to the people of Tuvalu. In 2015 the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) assisted the government of Tuvalu to acquire MV Talamoana, a 30-metre vessel that will be used to implement Tuvalu's National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) to transport government officials and project personnel to the outer islands. Funafuti is the only port but there is a deep-water berth in the harbour at Nukufetau. In 2015 the Nivaga III was donated by the government of Japan; it replaced the Nivaga II, which had serviced Tuvalu from 1989.