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| Schematic layout of the RRS James Clark Ross |
The RRS James Clark Ross is operated by the British Antarctic Survey. It was named after Admiral Sir James Clark Ross, R.N. (1800-1862) who discovered the North Magnetic Pole in 1831. During 1840-43 he made three voyages to Antarctica in an attempt to reach the South Magnetic Pole, and to undertake a range of scientific studies of the region (*).
The JCR finished construction in 1991 and she was launched by HRH The Queen herself. Signed portraits of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip are hung up in the officers' mess to commemorate the occasion. The vessel is 99m long with a beam of nearly 19m. Her home port is Stanley in the Falkland Islands.
* Historic information taken from BAS website. See http://www.antarctica.ac.uk for more information.
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