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Explorers and Ships
British Antarctic Territory - Definitive
Release Date: 17 November 2008
British Antarctic Territory - Explorers & Ships
1p James Weddell 1787-1834
Weddell sailed the Jane and Beaufoy southerly from the South Orkney Islands and in a season remarkably clear of pack ice penetrated almost to the edge of the Antarctic Continent. The stamp design shows his ships at their most southerly point, with little to prevent his going further. Wisely, Weddell turned north before the season changed!