Weddell Sea in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Weddell Sea in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

5 records4 event labels3 people1823–1915

Historical events in Weddell Sea

1823

Discovery of Weddell Sea

James Weddell · Exploration and Discovery

Discovers the Weddell Sea

20 February 1823

Farthest South

James Weddell · Exploration and Discovery

Sails to about 74 degrees 15 minutes south in the sea later named the Weddell Sea, setting a new farthest south record

1914

December 1914

South Pole

Ernest Henry Shackleton · Exploration and Discovery

Anchors in the Weddell Sea trapped in ice, The Endurance is crushed & sinks

1915

18 January 1915

Endurance Expedition

Ernest Henry Shackleton · Exploration and Discovery

Endurance becomes trapped in Weddell Sea pack ice, ending the planned crossing of Antarctica

27 October 1915

Endurance Expedition

Frank Arthur Worsley · Exploration and Discovery

Watches Endurance crushed by ice and helps organize the party's survival on the drifting floes

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