Editing Ross Sea (section)

==Description==
The Ross Sea was discovered by the [[Ross expedition]] in 1841. In the west of the Ross Sea is [[Ross Island]] with the [[Mount Erebus|Mt. Erebus]] [[volcano]]; in the east is [[Roosevelt Island, Antarctica|Roosevelt Island]]. The southern part is covered by the [[Ross Ice Shelf]].<ref name="britannica1">{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/510142/Ross-Sea |title=Ross Sea (sea, Pacific Ocean) – Britannica Online Encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Britannica.com |access-date=2012-08-13 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311231139/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/510142/Ross-Sea |archive-date=11 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[Roald Amundsen]] started his [[South Pole]] expedition in 1911 from the [[Bay of Whales]], which was located at the shelf. In the western parts of the Ross Sea, [[McMurdo Sound]] is a port that is usually free of ice during the summer. The southernmost part of the Ross Sea is [[Gould Coast]], which is approximately {{convert|200|mi|km}} from the geographic [[South Pole]]. {{citation needed|date=December 2024}}