Ross Sea party
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The Ross Sea party was a support group of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition tasked with laying vital supply depots across the Ross Ice Shelf for Ernest Shackleton’s planned crossing of Antarctica.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ernest Shackleton’s Ross Sea Party | 1 |
| Ross Sea party canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6498101 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ross Sea party Context triple: [Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, member, Ross Sea party]
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A.
Franklin expedition
The Franklin expedition was a 19th-century British Arctic voyage led by Sir John Franklin that tragically disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage.
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Chelyuskin expedition
The Chelyuskin expedition was a 1933–1934 Soviet Arctic voyage whose ship became trapped and crushed by ice, leading to a dramatic mass rescue that became a major propaganda triumph for the USSR.
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C.
James Weddell expedition
The James Weddell expedition was an early 19th-century British Antarctic voyage led by sealer and navigator James Weddell that pushed further south into the Weddell Sea than any previous expedition, setting a then-record for high southern latitude.
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Helder Expedition
The Helder Expedition was a 1799 joint British and Russian military campaign during the French Revolutionary Wars aimed at seizing control of the northern Netherlands from French-aligned forces.
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E.
Second Fram Expedition
The Second Fram Expedition was a Norwegian Arctic exploration voyage (1898–1902) led by Otto Sverdrup that charted large areas of the Canadian High Arctic and significantly advanced polar geography.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ross Sea party Target entity description: The Ross Sea party was a support group of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition tasked with laying vital supply depots across the Ross Ice Shelf for Ernest Shackleton’s planned crossing of Antarctica.
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A.
Franklin expedition
The Franklin expedition was a 19th-century British Arctic voyage led by Sir John Franklin that tragically disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage.
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B.
Chelyuskin expedition
The Chelyuskin expedition was a 1933–1934 Soviet Arctic voyage whose ship became trapped and crushed by ice, leading to a dramatic mass rescue that became a major propaganda triumph for the USSR.
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C.
James Weddell expedition
The James Weddell expedition was an early 19th-century British Antarctic voyage led by sealer and navigator James Weddell that pushed further south into the Weddell Sea than any previous expedition, setting a then-record for high southern latitude.
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D.
Helder Expedition
The Helder Expedition was a 1799 joint British and Russian military campaign during the French Revolutionary Wars aimed at seizing control of the northern Netherlands from French-aligned forces.
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E.
Second Fram Expedition
The Second Fram Expedition was a Norwegian Arctic exploration voyage (1898–1902) led by Otto Sverdrup that charted large areas of the Canadian High Arctic and significantly advanced polar geography.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ross Sea party Description of subject: The Ross Sea party was a support group of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition tasked with laying vital supply depots across the Ross Ice Shelf for Ernest Shackleton’s planned crossing of Antarctica.
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linked to: Ross Sea party