This type of journey usually starts in Cape Town, South Africa, where you fly private to an ice runway on mainland Antarctica ...

T he 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 ...

National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions has launched two shorter routes to Antarctica. Joshua Vela Fonseca. For some intrepid travelers to Antarctica, crossing the infamous Drake Passage — a ...

Viral videos showing rough seas in the infamous Drake Passage where cruise ships travel to Antarctica show a scene that is "very common," according to one travel expert.

The Drake Passage, located between the southern tip of South America and the West Antarctic Peninsula, is known for being one of the most dangerous stretches of ocean on Earth. With waves reaching ...

Within the Drake Passage, three seas converge. The Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern Seas all meet there, and without any land to offer resistance for the water, it can get treacherous. I've gone ...

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 ...

Drake Passage, Antarctica Mint Images/REX/Shutterstock. This is the fourth dispatch in a series from Jeff Goodell, who is in Antarctica investigating the effect of climate change on Thwaites glacier.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Alyssa Ramos, a travel influencer who's sailed the Drake Passage. It has been edited for length and clarity. I've crossed what's widely known ...