Edward Bransfield
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![Bransfield Strait from Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island; Antarctic Peninsula in the background](/Images/godic/202501/01/Bransfield-Strait1407.jpg")
Edward Bransfield (c. 1785 – 31 October 1852) rose to become an officer in the British Royal Navy, serving as a master on several ships, after being impressed into service at the age of eighteen in Ireland, where he was born. He is noted for exploring parts of Antarctica, sighting the Trinity Peninsula in January 1820.