Definitions
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- proper noun A
bay in theSouthern Ocean , between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land
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- noun an arm of the southern Pacific Ocean in Antarctica
Etymologies
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Examples
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Foiled by the presence of land from gaining the magnetic Pole, he turned southwards (true) into what is now called the Ross Sea, and, after spending many days in travelling down this coast-line with the mountains on his right hand, the Ross Sea on his left, he discovered and named the great line of mountains which here for some five hundred miles divides the sea from the Antarctic plateau.
The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922
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New Zealand fishing vessels led the charge into the Ross Sea, which is a primary fishing area for the species.
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Program, was conducted at two colonies in the southern Ross Sea, which is south of New
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The Ross Sea is the last open ocean tract (i.e. not a reef) that still has a food web much like what one would expect the 'Garden of Eden' to have been like.
Mongabay.com News 2010
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The Ross Sea is the last open ocean tract (i.e. not a reef) that still has a food web much like what one would expect the 'Garden of Eden' to have been like.
Mongabay.com News 2010
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Ross Sea, which is a primary fishing area for the species.
NZ On Screen 2010
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Type C killer whales - also known as Ross Sea killer whales - eat fish and hunt under
Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews 2010
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According to an article in the New Scientist, part of what is driving the warming along the West Antarctic Peninsula and cooling in the Ross Sea is the ozone hole:
RealClimate 2009
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RODNEY RUSS: We work in the Ross Sea, which is south of Australia and New Zealand obviously and there's very limited shipping down there.
unknown title 2009
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According to an article in the New Scientist, part of what is driving the warming along the West Antarctic Peninsula and cooling in the Ross Sea is the ozone hole:
RealClimate 2009
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