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==Naming controversy== | |||
Starting in the 1930s, [[U.S. Navy]] personnel and scientists operating throughout [[Antarctica]] began to refer to the Amudsen Sea as the "Franklin D. Roosevelt Sea" in honor of the President of the United States, who had encouraged scientific research and exploration of the continent. | |||
When the Board of Geographical Names attempted to make the name change official, President Roosevelt made the decision to veto the new name before it could be approved because the Norwegians had already named it in honor of their famed explorer. FDR was later quoted as saying he preferred to have "a smoking volcano" named after him instead. | |||
==Amundsen Sea Embayment== | ==Amundsen Sea Embayment== | ||