See also:SIR See also:JOHN See also:ROSS (1777-1856)
, See also:British See also:rear-See also:admiral and See also:Arctic explorer, son of the Rev
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See also:Andrew See also:Ross, See also:minister of See also: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 See also: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 See also:series of attempts to solve the question of a See also:North-See also: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) See also: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 See also:gold medals from the See also:English and See also: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 See also:Sweden, and in the following See also:year (1834) received a knighthood and a C.B. at See also:home
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In 1850 he undertook a third voyage to the Arctic regions, this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
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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