The Drake Passage, between the southern tip of South America and Antarctic, is infamous as one of the most dangerous journeys on the planet. But why is it so rough – and how can you cross safely?

In the southern reaches of our planet lies a watery no man's land called the Drake Passage, where the raw, untamed forces of ...

The Drake Passage is a "melting pot" of currents from the Atlantic, Pacific and Southern oceans, Heywood said. The waters are so turbulent that the layers which normally make up the seas mix ...

The Drake Passage could, then, be one of a handful of carbon sequestration hotspots in the Southern Ocean, which, collectively, removes 600 million tons of carbon from the atmosphere every year.

Within the Drake Passage, three seas converge. The Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern Seas all meet there, and without any land to offer resistance for the water, it can get treacherous.

The Drake Passage is also called the gateway to the icy continent of Antarctica. Every year, around 75,000 travelers pass through this passage to reach the coldest continent.

A cruise ship faced massive 30-40-foot waves in the turbulent Drake Passage. Passenger Lesley Anne Murphy captured footage of the wild ride, showing passengers falling and sliding. Quark ...

The waters between South America and Antarctica are some of the most dangerous in the world. The 600-mile Drake Passage is a journey for the hardiest of crews. Six men dared to do it — in a rowboat.

Expeditions to Antarctica usually begin with a tough crossing of the Drake Passage from Argentina to King George Island that takes a few days. It can be a perilous crossing that passengers dread ...

I ask him about the highest wave he’s seen in the Drake — “60 feet,” he says. I joke that waves like that must be like riding a rodeo bull.

The Drake is part of the most voluminous ocean current in the world, with up to 5,300 million cubic feet flowing per second. Squeezed into the narrow passage, the current increases, traveling west ...