Sir James Clark Ross (April 15th 1800 with London - April 3rd 1862 with) is an officer of the Royal Navy and an exploring British. It explores the Arctique with his uncle Sir John Ross and with Sir William Parry. Later it leads its own forwarding in the Antarctic.

Biography

It enters the marine in 1812 under the command of John Ross which it accompanies in its first Arctic voyage to research by the passage by the North-West in 1818. Between 1819 and 1827, it takes part in four Arctic forwardings conduits by Parry. Of 1829 with 1833, it is useful again under the orders of his/her uncle. They locate together the position of the magnetic north on June 1st 1831.

James Clark Ross became member of Royal Society the December 11th 1828.

In 1834, Ross is promoted captain and, of 1835 with 1838, it takes part in the magnetic study of the Great Britain. Between 1839 and 1843, it orders the Antarctic forwarding of Erebus and Terror during which it cartography most of the coast of the continent. In 1841, it discovers the Mer of Ross, the Ground Victoria and the volcanos Erebus and Terror. During this voyage, it also explores the islands Kerguelen (1840) and the Tasmanie.

On its return, it is made knight and is seen allotting the Légion of honor. In 1847, it publishes the account of its forwarding under the title has off Voyage Discovery and Research to Southern and Antarctic Regions ( a voyage of discovered and study of the southern and antarctic areas ). He is elected with the Royal Society in 1848 and carries out this year his last forwarding as a captain of the '' Enterprise '', left with research Franklin.

Its house of Blackheath in London carries a commemorative plaque.

Toponymy

• the Barrier of Ross in the Antarctic
• the island of Ross in the Antarctic
• the Sea of Ross in the Antarctic
• the Mount Ross (1850 m), culminating point of the islands Kerguelen
• the lunar crater Ross, in the honor jointly of Sir James Clark Ross and Frank Elmore Ross