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Bay of Whales

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Bay of Whales: see Ross Sea Ross Sea, arm of the Pacific Ocean, Antarctica, between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land. It was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross, a British explorer. Ross Island with Mt.
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; Antarctica Antarctica , the fifth largest continent, c.5,500,000 sq mi (14,245,000 sq km), asymmetrically centered on the South Pole and almost entirely within the Antarctic Circle.
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Dr Wadham said: "There is no Bay of Whales anymore and this iceberg has the same potential to change the geography of the region.
However, because Scott so grossly misjudged the difficulties of manhauling (along with other equally damning misjudgments), he and his men were still out on Beardmore Glacier well into the onset of the Antarctic autumn and long after Amundsen and his party had successfully returned to their base at the Bay of Whales.
 
 
 
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