Почему пролив Дрейка — САМОЕ СМЕРТЕЛЬНОЕ место в океане?

At the very edge of the inhabited world, where South America ends at Cape Horn and the icy lands of Antarctica reach out toward it, lies a strip of water that sailors have for centuries called the gates of hell. This is the Drake Passage — the most dangerous sea crossing on the planet. In this video we will examine which forces of nature turned the passage into a veritable graveyard of ships. Why is it precisely here that the ocean rises like a wall as tall as a multi-storey building? Why does the wind blow with such fury that sailors named these latitudes the roaring forties and the furious fifties? You will learn about the planet's largest current — the Antarctic Circumpolar Current — about real rogue waves, sudden squalls, and icy water in which a person loses their strength within minutes. We will debunk the main myth about Francis Drake, after whom the passage is named, even though he never actually sailed through it. We will recall Cape Horn, nicknamed "the sailors' gravestone," the legendary crossing of Ernest Shackleton, and sailors' beliefs about the Flying Dutchman and the souls of the dead living on in albatrosses. And the most astonishing thing: this ferocious, killing passage actually works as one of the main regulators of the climate of our entire planet, keeping Antarctica locked beneath the ice. And therein lies the main paradox — a place that for centuries brought people death gives life to the whole Earth. The true story of the Drake Passage is more terrifying and more astonishing than any legend. Watch to the end!