The Drake Passage, located between the southern tip of South America and the West Antarctic Peninsula, is known for being one of the most dangerous stretches of ocean on Earth. With waves reaching ...

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 ...

As freezing water thrashed their rowboat in some of the most treacherous waters in the world, six men fought for 13 days to make history, becoming the first people to traverse the infamous Drake ...

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.

“This is a really big deal in Antarctic history to hear about this,” said Wayne Ranney, a Flagstaff, Arizona-based geologist who has led expeditions to Antarctica and crossed the Drake Passage ...

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 ...

Drake’s Passage with Manny Franco won the Commentator on New York Showcase as part of the Belmont Stakes Festival at Saratoga in Saratoga Springs, NY., on June 9, 2024. Anne M. Eberhardt ...

Cruise ship hit by waves FILE PHOTO: A ship traveling through the Drake Passage was hit by tremendous waves. (UDO_KIESLICH/Udo Kieslich - stock.adobe.com) ByCox Media Group National Content Desk ...

For Douglas-Hamilton, the journey across the Drake Passage might be his last time setting a record, and he's content with that. “I would rank this as the toughest challenge any of us has ever ...