The Drake Passage became one of the most feared stretches of ocean in history, with hundreds of ships lost and thousands of sailors dead around Cape Horn. From Francis Drake’s storm-driven discovery ...

The Drake Passage is often called the world’s deadliest stretch of water, with claims of more than 10,000 sailors and 800 ships lost in its history. Between South America and Antarctica, this 600-mile ...

At the southernmost point of South America, ships crossing the Atlantic and Pacific oceans confronted a terrible reality for millennia: the dreaded Drake Passage. One of the most violent stretches of ...

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Over recent decades, the Southern Ocean’s westerly winds have intensified and shifted poleward, whereas the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) transport through the Drake Passage has remained stable.