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Sir James Clark Ross, 19th century British naval officer and explorer, (20th century). Ross (1800-1862) was a notable polar explorer. He was a member of expeditions to the Arctic with his uncle, Sir John Ross and Sir William Parry, attempting to find the Northwest Passage and locating the North Magnetic Pole. Between 1839 and 1843, Ross commanded HMS 'Erebus' and HMS 'Terror' on an expedition to explore the Antarctic. In 1848 he made his last voyage, to the Arctic in an unsuccessful attempt to locate the missing expedition of Sir John Franklin.