James Weddell FRSE (24 August 1787 – 9 September 1834) was a British sailor, navigator and seal hunter who in February 1823 sailed to latitude of 74° 15′ S—a...

surrounding Antarctica. The Weddell seal was discovered and named in the 1820s during expeditions led by British sealing captain James Weddell to the area of the...

The Weddell Sea is part of the Southern Ocean and contains the Weddell Gyre. Its land boundaries are defined by the bay formed from the coasts of Coats...

Weddell Island (Spanish: Isla San José) is one of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, lying off the southwest extremity of West Falkland. It is...

island, his party were the first to set foot on the Antarctic continent. James Weddell was an Anglo-Scottish seaman who saw service in both the Royal Navy...

Hugh Algernon Weddell (1819–1877), English botanist James Weddell (1787–1834), English navigator and Antarctic explorer Robert Weddell (1882–1951), Australian...

United Kingdom. The Weddell seal, a "true seal", is named after Sir James Weddell, commander of British sealing expeditions in the Weddell Sea. Antarctic krill...

were known in English as "Fuegians." The name is credited to Captain James Weddell, who supposedly created the term in 1822. The term is now avoided as...

John Weddell (1583–1642) was an English sea captain who served for the Muscovy Company and then the East India Company (EIC). From May to August 1617...

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southern tip of South America. The name has been credited to Captain James Weddell, who supposedly created the term in 1822. The indigenous Fuegians belonged...

Islands archipelago. In 1823, James Weddell, a British sealer, sailed into what is now known as the Weddell Sea. Weddell found very favorable ice conditions...

Turner, John; Lintner, Benjamin R.; Marshall, Gareth J.; Miller, James R.; Renwick, James A. (August 2020). "Record warming at the South Pole during the...

61°20′W / 64.217°S 61.333°W / -64.217; -61.333) 1823–1824 – James Weddell discovers the Weddell Sea; – on 20 February 1823 his ship Jane (160 tons) reached...

the Weddell Sea party spent some months camped on the ice before making for Elephant Island in the three lifeboats salvaged from the vessel, the James Caird...

heavy sea ice, Deutschland penetrated the Weddell Sea beyond the southernmost point reached by James Weddell in 1823. It discovered new land which it named...

southwest of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. James Weddell, whose chart of the islands appeared in 1825, was apparently the first...

name Cape Weddell was given by David Ferguson, Scottish geologist, during his visit to South Georgia in 1911–12. Named after James Weddell, Master, Royal...

schooner Wasp in March 1823, during a sealing and exploration voyage in the Weddell Sea area of Antarctica. Morrell provided precise coordinates and a description...

after Captain Basil Hall, RN (1788–1844), a name originally applied by James Weddell to Snow Island. The peninsula is centred at 62°46′04.7″S 61°14′36.3″W...

captain sought assistance from the British explorer James Weddell to put the ship into harbour. Weddell reported that only thirty seamen and forty soldiers...

foot on a southern land that he believed was a continent. In 1823, James Weddell claimed to have discovered the sea that now bears his name, lying inside...

Island as it was the year of the coronation of King George IV. In 1823, James Weddell visited the islands, gave the archipelago its present name (after the...

River Plate and ultimately Argentina). Eyewitnesses present, such as James Weddell, felt the ceremony was designed simply to establish a salvage claim...

Straits was applied to McFarlane Strait by James Weddell in 1820–23, after Captain Norwich Duff under whom Weddell served in HMS Espoir in 1814. The name...

to equal the most southerly latitude of 74°34'S achieved in 1823 by James Weddell. Thus France became part of the international competition for polar...

Europeans to sight Lake Chad. 1823 – Sealer James Weddell sails to 74°15′S into "King George IV's Sea" (Weddell Sea). 1824 – Samuel Black ascends the Finlay...

scurvy, Jewett sought the assistance of the British Antarctic explorer James Weddell in preparing his ship for sea once more. On 6 November 1820, Jewett...

Brisbane first rose to public attention though his association with James Weddell, the famous Antarctic explorer. Brisbane was the commander of the small...

from the original on February 22, 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2012. James, Weddell; University, Washington State University. Task Force for Historic Preservation...