Who is James Weddell ? is one of the KBC season 4 Question asked to one of the contestent in 2010. James Weddell born in Ostend, (August 24, 1787 – September 9, 1834).
Answer: James Weddell was a British seaman who contributed to the exploration of the Antarctic. James Wedell was an English sailor, navigator and seal hunter who in the early Spring of 1823 sailed to latitude of 74°15′ S (a record 7.69 degrees or 532 statute miles south of the Antarctic Circle) and into a region of the Southern Ocean that would later become known as the Weddell Sea.
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