South Ice
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South Ice was a remote support base in Antarctica used during the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition for logistical operations and scientific work.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| South Ice canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8711816 — 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: South Ice Context triple: [Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, establishedBase, South Ice]
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A.
Dotson Ice Shelf
Dotson Ice Shelf is a floating extension of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet that drains into the Amundsen Sea and plays a significant role in regional ice loss and sea-level rise.
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B.
Amery Ice Shelf
The Amery Ice Shelf is one of Antarctica’s largest ice shelves, a massive floating extension of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet that drains inland glaciers into the Southern Ocean.
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C.
Cape Adare
Cape Adare is a prominent ice-free headland in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica, notable as the site of the first documented landing on the Antarctic mainland and an important Adélie penguin rookery.
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D.
Crosson Ice Shelf
Crosson Ice Shelf is a large Antarctic ice shelf located in the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica, forming part of the region’s rapidly changing coastal ice front.
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E.
Cape Royds
Cape Royds is a rocky headland on Ross Island in Antarctica, known for its Adélie penguin colony and as the site of Ernest Shackleton’s historic Nimrod Expedition hut.
- 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: South Ice Target entity description: South Ice was a remote support base in Antarctica used during the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition for logistical operations and scientific work.
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A.
Dotson Ice Shelf
Dotson Ice Shelf is a floating extension of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet that drains into the Amundsen Sea and plays a significant role in regional ice loss and sea-level rise.
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B.
Amery Ice Shelf
The Amery Ice Shelf is one of Antarctica’s largest ice shelves, a massive floating extension of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet that drains inland glaciers into the Southern Ocean.
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C.
Cape Adare
Cape Adare is a prominent ice-free headland in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica, notable as the site of the first documented landing on the Antarctic mainland and an important Adélie penguin rookery.
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D.
Crosson Ice Shelf
Crosson Ice Shelf is a large Antarctic ice shelf located in the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica, forming part of the region’s rapidly changing coastal ice front.
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E.
Cape Royds
Cape Royds is a rocky headland on Ross Island in Antarctica, known for its Adélie penguin colony and as the site of Ernest Shackleton’s historic Nimrod Expedition hut.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Antarctic research station
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remote support base ⓘ |
| accessMode |
sledges
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tractor trains ⓘ |
| activity |
glaciological observations
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meteorological observations ⓘ survey work ⓘ |
| climate | Antarctic climate ⓘ |
| continent | Antarctica ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| environment | polar ⓘ |
| era | International Geophysical Year period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| expedition | Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
forward supply base
ⓘ
staging point for field parties ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
depot of fuel and supplies
ⓘ
temporary field huts ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Antarctica ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Antarctic ice sheet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| logisticalRole | intermediate depot between main base and inland route ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | support infrastructure of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition ⓘ |
| purpose | to support overland crossing of Antarctica ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| terrain | snow-covered plateau ⓘ |
| usedBy |
British members of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
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New Zealand members of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition ⓘ |
| usedDuring | 1950s ⓘ |
| usedFor |
logistical operations
ⓘ
scientific work ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: South Ice Description of subject: South Ice was a remote support base in Antarctica used during the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition for logistical operations and scientific work.
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