Weddell Sea

[ wed-l, wuh-del ]

noun
  1. an arm of the Atlantic, E of Antarctic Peninsula.

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How to use Weddell Sea in a sentence

  • I cannot help thinking that if she wintered in the Weddell Sea she will be worse off than the Aurora.

    South! | Sir Ernest Shackleton
  • But the Weddell Sea was notoriously inhospitable and already we knew that its sternest face was turned toward us.

    South! | Sir Ernest Shackleton
  • The hydrographical work in the Weddell Sea has done much to clear up the mystery of this, the least known of all the seas.

    South! | Sir Ernest Shackleton
  • In short, it may be said that in the Weddell Sea the best weather comes in winter.

    South! | Sir Ernest Shackleton

British Dictionary definitions for Weddell Sea

Weddell Sea

/ (ˈwɛdəl) /


noun
  1. an arm of the S Atlantic in Antarctica

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