A report on Southern Ocean
The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the World Ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica.
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Amundsen Sea
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The Amundsen Sea, an arm of the Southern Ocean off Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica, lies between Cape Flying Fish (the northwestern tip of Thurston Island) to the east and Cape Dart on Siple Island to the west.
Dissostichus
3 linksGenus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nototheniidae, the notothens or cod icefish.
Genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nototheniidae, the notothens or cod icefish.
Toothfish are vital to the ecological structure of Southern Ocean ecosystems.
60th parallel south
0 linksCircle of latitude that is 60 degrees south of Earth's equatorial plane.
Circle of latitude that is 60 degrees south of Earth's equatorial plane.
The parallel marks the northern limit of the Southern Ocean (though some organisations and countries, notably Australia, have other definitions) and of the Antarctic Treaty System.
James Clark Ross
2 linksBritish Royal Navy officer and polar explorer known for his explorations of the Arctic, participating in two expeditions led by his uncle Sir John Ross, and four led by Sir William Parry, and, in particular, for his own Antarctic expedition from 1839 to 1843.
British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer known for his explorations of the Arctic, participating in two expeditions led by his uncle Sir John Ross, and four led by Sir William Parry, and, in particular, for his own Antarctic expedition from 1839 to 1843.
En route to the Southern Ocean, Ross established magnetic measurement stations in St. Helena, Cape Town, and Kerguelen before arriving in Hobart in early 1840 and establishing a further permanent station with the help of governor John Franklin before waiting for the summer season.
Somov Sea
0 linksSomov Sea (Море Сомова, More Somova) was a proposed name for part of the Southern Ocean.
Fiann Paul
1 linksIcelandic explorer, athlete, artist, speaker and Jungian psychoanalyst.
Icelandic explorer, athlete, artist, speaker and Jungian psychoanalyst.
Fiann has crossed all five oceans in an unsupported human-powered row boat with world-record-breaking speed, setting the overall speed records for the Atlantic, Indian, Pacific and Arctic Ocean (he achieved the only human-powered crossing of the Antarctic Ocean and as a result no speed record was adjudicated due to lack of competition).
177th meridian west
0 linksThe meridian 177° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
Phytoplankton
4 linksPhytoplankton are the autotrophic (self-feeding) components of the plankton community and a key part of ocean and freshwater ecosystems.
Phytoplankton are the autotrophic (self-feeding) components of the plankton community and a key part of ocean and freshwater ecosystems.
However, across large areas of the oceans such as the Southern Ocean, phytoplankton are limited by the lack of the micronutrient iron.
Circumpolar deep water
3 linksDesignation given to the water mass in the Pacific and Indian oceans that is a mixing of other water masses in the region.
Designation given to the water mass in the Pacific and Indian oceans that is a mixing of other water masses in the region.
CDW, the greatest volume water mass in the Southern Ocean, includes the North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW), the Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW), as well as recirculated deep water from the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
