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See also: British See also: rear-See also: admiral and Arctic explorer, son of the Rev
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Andrew See also: Ross, See also: minister of Inch, Wigtonshire, entered the Royal See also: Navy in 1786, serving in the Mediterranean till 1789, and afterwards in the Channel
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In 18o8 he acted as captain of the See also: Swedish See also: Fleet, and in 1812 was promoted See also: commander
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Six years later he was given the command of an Arctic expedition fitted out by the See also: Admiralty, the first of a new series of attempts to solve the question of a See also: North-West passage
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This expedition failed to discover much that was new, and somewhat prejudiced the Arctic reputation of its See also: leader, who attained the See also: rank of captain on his return: But in 1829, through the munificence of Mr (afterwards See also: Sir) Felix See also: Booth, he was able to undertake a second Arctic expedition, which, during an See also: absence of four years, achieved important See also: geographical and scientific results
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On his return Captain Ross was the recipient of gold medals from the See also: English and French geographical See also: societies, and of various See also: foreign orders, ,jncluding a See also: knighthood of the See also: Pole See also: Star of Sweden, and in the following See also: year (1834) received a knighthood and a C.B. at home
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In 1850 he undertook a third voyage to the Arctic regions, this See also: time in See also: search of Sir See also: John
See also: Franklin, and in the following year he attained See also: flag-rank
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His publications include— Voyage of See also: Discovery for the Purpose of Exploring See also: Baffin's See also: Bay (1819); Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, including the Discovery of the North Magnetic Pole (1835); See also: Memoirs and See also: Correspondence of See also: Lord De Saumerez (1838)
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