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the royal navy , james clark ross , who commanded hms erebus . hms terror was commanded by ross's close friend, francis crozier . [ ] the botanist joseph dalton hooker , then aged and the youngest person on the expedition, was assistant-surgeon to robert mccormick , and responsible for collecting zoological
ice barrier", as it was called, continuing to follow it eastward. both ships stayed at port louis , in the falkland islands for the (antarctic) winter, leaving in september to explore the antarctic peninsula , where they conducted studies in magnetism , and returned with oceanographic data and collections...
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