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noun • Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856) • British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862) • British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932) • a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977) • American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836) | ||||||||
| 49% | 8 | This explorer named a sea after himself in the Antarctic | ||||||
noun • Norwegian explorer who was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage and in 1911 the first to reach the South Pole (1872-1928) | ||||||||
| 41% | 6 | Explorer for whom a sea was named | ||||||
noun • Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659) | ||||||||
Explorer For Whom An Antarctic Sea Is Named Crossword Clue
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Updated: October 11, 2023
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