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 ...

History was made this week when 25-year-old Taryn Smith, a yoga instructor from Nebraska, rowed into Antigua. It was the culmination of a 3,000 mile ...

Crossing the Atlantic Ocean on a ship recalls the romance of ocean travel from a century ago. While just one true ocean liner remains in service, there are many other options. ByDavid Nikel, Senior ...

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 up ...

But planning for a crossing of the Drake is on a whole new level. Weather forecasting has improved in the two decades since Devorsine’s first ride, he says – and these days crew start planning the ...

“We are extremely cautious — the ocean is stronger than us,” he says. “We’re not able to go in terrible weather. We go in rough seas but always with a big safety margin. We’re not gambling.” Even with ...

“The most dreaded bit of ocean on the globe – and rightly so,” Alfred Lansing wrote of explorer Ernest Shackleton’s 1916 voyage across it in a small lifeboat. It is, of course, the Drake Passage, ...

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