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The Weddell Pages - Weddell Sea - English
URL: http://www.weddell.co.uk/weddell/sea.shtml

The Weddell Sea itself is named after James Weddell a British sailor who was in charge of a whaling vessel having previously been in the navy. He first discovered the sea in 1823. It is an arm of the South Atlantic Ocean, situated south of the Falkland Islands, forming an indentation in Antarctica between the Antarctic Peninsula (a long arm reaching out towards South America) and Coats Land, its maximum width between the two being about 2,000 km (1,250 miles).

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Scotland and the Antarctic: James Weddell (1787-1834) - English
URL: http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/scotia/vserm/vserm020201.htm

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Captain James Weddell, a Scottish sealer, sailed from Leith in 1822 on the 160-ton brig Jane accompanied by the 65-ton cutter Beafoy. He sailed around the South Shetland and South Orkney Islands producing rough charts of these. He then managed to sail south in the Weddell Sea to 74°15'S 34°16'W, a remarkable achievement in a sailing ship. The ice conditions were just right. No ship penetrated this far south in that part of the Weddell Sea until 1967.

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James Weddell - English
URL: http://www.weddell.co.uk/weddell/james.shtml

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As has been said above, Weddell went to sea with practically no education. The first few years at sea gave him little opportunity for educating himself, but he made the most of any opportunities that presented themselves. He was fond of reading and on board the Rainbow managed to improve himself so far that he was rated as a midshipman.

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JAMES WEDDELL - English
URL: http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/weddell.html

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Anglo-Scots navigator, sealer, and Antarctic explorer (1787-1834).

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