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 ...

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Between South America and Antarctica lies a stretch of ocean feared for its towering waves, screaming winds, and drifting icebergs. The Drake Passage has a long history of shipwrecks and lost crews, ...

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 ...