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Robert McCormick (22 July, 1800 – 25 October, 1890) was a British Royal Navy surgeon, explorer and naturalist.

McCormick was born at Great Yarmouth. He was assistant surgeon on the Hecla under William Edward Parry in 1827, surgeon on the Beagle in 1832 (when Charles Darwin was ship's naturalist, and McCormick left the ship in Brazil), and surgeon on the James Clark Ross's Antarctic expedition between 1839 and 1842. On the latter voyage most of the naturalist's duties were performed by Joseph Dalton Hooker, with McCormick concentrating on geology and bird collecting.

McCormick also led an unsuccessful search party in search of John Franklin in the Forlorn Hope. His autobiography was entitled Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas and around the World (1884).

The South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki was named for him by Howard Saunders. McCormick shot the type specimen on January 12 1841, on Possession Island, Victoria Land, Antarctica.

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surgery (from the Greek χειρουργική meaning "hand work") is the medical specialty that treats diseases or injuries by operative manual and instrumental treatment.
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Exploration is the act of searching or traveling for the purpose of discovery, e.g. of unknown regions, including space (space exploration), for oil, gas, coal, ores, caves, water (Mineral exploration or prospecting), or information.
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HMS Hecla was a Royal Navy Hecla-class bomb vessel of 372 tons. Launched on July 15, 1815, she saw wartime service in an attack on Barbary pirates at Algiers in August, 1816. In 1819, she was converted to an Arctic exploration ship.
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Sir William Edward Parry (December 19, 1790 – 8 or 9 July, 1855) was an English rear-admiral and Arctic explorer.

Parry was born in Bath, the son of a doctor. He was educated at King Edward's School, Bath.
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HMS Beagle was a Cherokee class 10-gun brig of the Royal Navy, named after the beagle, a breed of dog. She was launched on 11 May 1820 from the Woolwich Dockyard on the River Thames, at a cost of £7,803.
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At the age of 51, Charles Darwin had just published On the Origin of Species.
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Sir James Clark Ross (April 15, 1800 – April 3, 1862), was a British naval officer and explorer. He explored the Arctic with his uncle Sir John Ross and Sir William Parry, and later led his own expedition to Antarctica.

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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, OM, GCSI, MD, FRS (June 30, 1817 – December 10, 1911) was an English botanist and explorer.

Early life and voyage on HMS Erebus

Hooker was born in Halesworth, Suffolk.
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John Franklin FRGS (April 15, 1786 – June 11, 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer who mapped almost two thirds of the northern coastline of North America. Franklin also served as governor of Tasmania for several years.
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S. maccormicki

Binomial name
Stercorarius maccormicki
(Saunders, 1893)

The South Polar Skua, Stercorarius maccormicki, is a large seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae.
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Howard Saunders (September 16, 1835 - October 20, 1907) was a British ornithologist.

Saunders was born in London and received his early education iat Leatherhead and Rottingdean. Subsequently he earned his money as a merchant banker. This allowed him to travel widely.
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This is about the Antarctica region. For the Cocteau Twins album, see Victorialand


Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Sea and on the west by Wilkes Land.
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