The Drake Passage is an ocean channel between the southern tip of South America and the West Antarctic Peninsula. Named after the 16th-century explorer Sir Francis Drake, it is notorious for whipping ...

For some intrepid travelers to Antarctica, crossing the infamous Drake Passage — a 600-mile stretch of open sea between the tip of South America and the northern Antarctic Peninsula that’s known to ...

It’s the body of water that instils fear and inspires sailors in equal measure. Six hundred miles of open sea, and some of the roughest conditions on the planet – with an equally inhospitable land of ...

A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck in the Drake Passage on Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake’s epicenter lies in the remote waters between South America and Antarctica ...

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 ...

The National Geographic Enduance carries passengers to Antarctica. Somewhere at the bottom of the earth, in the middle of the Drake Passage, giant waves crash against the National Geographic Endurance ...

Massive waves pummeled a cruise ship during an Antarctica voyage, video footage from a passenger shows. Lesley Anne Murphy posted clips to Instagram on March 26 that appeared to show the ship rocking ...

Travel blogger Lesley Anne Murphy captured dramatic footage of the "trip of a lifetime," which passed through the notoriously rocky Drake Passage Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She ...

Why it's incredible: The passage is one of the world's most dangerous ocean crossings. The Drake Passage is an ocean channel between the southern tip of South America and the West Antarctic Peninsula.