The Terrifying Truth About How Bad The Drake Passage Really Is

The Drake Passage has swallowed more than 800 ships and claimed upward of 20,000 lives. It is the most violent body of water on earth — a 600-mile wide collision zone where the Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern Oceans converge into a single uninterrupted current carrying the equivalent of 5,000 Amazon Rivers every second. Modern ships with ice-class hulls and satellite navigation still get their windows shattered and their engines knocked out. This is the full story of why.