Drake Passage: The World's Most Dangerous Sea Route

Drake Passage: The World's Most Dangerous Sea Route
Episodes:
0:00 - Drake Passage is the most dangerous passage for seaworthy navigation route
0:42 - The average depth of Drake Passage.
1:48 - What makes Drake Passage so dangerous.
2:50 - Exploring Drake Passage in the 19th century
3:18 - The Mar Sem Fim wreck in the Drake Passage
3:37 - The last incident in the Drake Passage occurred in 2022 on the cruise ship Viking

You're probably familiar with the Panama Canal, an engineering marvel that revolutionized shipping by dramatically reducing transit times around South America.
But before this shortcut, sailors had to navigate a much more dangerous route: the Drake Passage.
The Drake Passage, the 620 miles of water between Cape Horn in Chile and Antarctica, is as famous as it is dangerous.

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