A Voyage Towards the South Pole Performed in the Years 1822–24

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A Voyage Towards the South Pole Performed in the Years 1822–24 is James Weddell’s published account of his early 19th-century Antarctic expedition, notable for reaching a then-record southern latitude in what is now called the Weddell Sea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
exploration account ⓘ
travel narrative ⓘ
author James Weddell ⓘ
contains narrative of reaching a record southern latitude in the Weddell Sea region ⓘ
describesEvent James Weddell’s 1822–1824 Antarctic expedition ⓘ
documentType first-hand account ⓘ
expeditionLeaderDescribed James Weddell ⓘ
features narrative of sealing and whaling activities ⓘ
navigational details of high southern latitudes ⓘ
observations of sea ice and weather conditions ⓘ
genre maritime narrative ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ
geographicalFocus South Pole region ⓘ
linked to: Antarctic regions

Weddell Sea ⓘ
historicalSignificance documentation of the earliest penetration into the Weddell Sea ⓘ
primary source for early 19th-century Antarctic exploration ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor early description of the region now known as the Weddell Sea ⓘ
reaching a then-record southern latitude ⓘ
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
relatedTo Antarctic history ⓘ
James Weddell ⓘ
Weddell Sea ⓘ
setting Southern Ocean sealing grounds ⓘ
subject Antarctic exploration ⓘ
Southern Ocean ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 1822 ⓘ
1823 ⓘ
1824 ⓘ

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James Weddell → notableWork → A Voyage Towards the South Pole Performed in the Years 1822–24 ⓘ
James Weddell → describedIn → A Voyage Towards the South Pole Performed in the Years 1822–24 ⓘ