ANN ARBOR — Amy and Tom Knutilla recently traveled to their seventh continent in a journey that was the first of its kind.
It is, of course, the Drake Passage, connecting the southern tip of the South American continent with the northernmost point of the Antarctic Peninsula. Once the preserve of explorers and sea dogs ...
The Drake Passage, a 600-mile stretch between South America and Antarctica, is infamous for towering waves and fierce winds, ...
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?
The daunting Drake Passage, stretching 600 miles of treacherous open sea, boasts some of the harshest conditions on the globe; at its end lies the unforgiving expanse of snow and ice.
Exterior view of the National Geographic-Lindblad Explorer ship sailing through Antarctica ...
Ernest Shackleton calls the Drake Passage 'the most dreaded bit of ocean on the globe' and one factor you'll have to battle should you enter the Drake Passage is some intense winds. Advert ...