“Kinetic energy is converted from wind into waves, and builds up storm waves.” The waves in the Drake Passage are no joke. Brearley explained to Buckley that waves in the region can reach ...

To do it, they had to travel 600 miles across one of the most treacherous bodies of water in the world—the Drake Passage ... ve just been through a large storm actually, in the last 24 ...

It is, of course, the Drake ... Passage the winds may have blown over thousands of kilometers to where you are,” says Brearley. “Kinetic energy is converted from wind into waves, and builds up ...

making it through the Drake Passage unscathed — especially given the flooding that occurred on the vessel following a storm last week off the coast of South America. Lake, who says she did not ...

Passengers aboard a cruise ship endured massive 40ft waves as they travelled through the rough waters of the notorious Drake Passage ... negotiating a ferocious storm off Antarctica, capturing ...

“Imagine if you signed up for a 48-hour rollercoaster,” travel blogger Lesley Anne Murphy captioned the “Perfect Storm”-esque ... been steaming through Drake Passage — a 600-mile channel ...

The cruise company that operates the Ocean Explorer, Quark Expeditions, said that the Drake Passage is “among the bodies of water most prone to powerful forces of weather.” The phenomenon even ...

Why it's incredible: The passage is one of the world's most dangerous ocean crossings. The Drake Passage is an ocean channel between the southern tip of South America and the West Antarctic Peninsula.

For some intrepid travelers to Antarctica, crossing the infamous Drake Passage — a 600-mile stretch ... the stomach of the most seasoned sailor. Under normal conditions, crossing the Drake ...