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Storm in the Drake Passage

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This video was taken on board a Russian vessel crossing the Drake Passage between Ushuaia (Argentina) and the Antarctic Peninsula. The Drake Passage is known as the roughest sea on earth with severe storms almost at any times and extremely huge waves. We were hit by a storm sailing north that lasted two days with 14m waves.

Channel: Travel & Events
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: xeniacolours

Length: 03:21
Rating: 4.72
Views: 692743

Tags: adventure  drake  gale  ocean  passage  sailing  sea  ships  storm  

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TontoHooliganto (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This is awesome!!!
LizzyAston (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
you wouldnt want to be sea sick when those kind of waves hit you, trust me. it would be the worst experience in your life, even if you had both your balls cut off with a blunt knife (maybe not that extreme, but you know what i mean).
doonhamer5 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Know the feeling!
yogiudo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
90 foot swells
tiflopino (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
beautifull!! the Nature Strengh... we will never control it!
Pinchoro (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Argentinian cartography calls it "Pasaje De Drake" (Drake's Passage), while chilean cartography calls it "Paso Drake" (Drake Pass).The real starting point of Drake Pass is not in Ushuaia, but in Cabo De Hornos (Cape Horn), Chile.Its basicaly a straight line between Cape Horn and Shetland Islands in Antartica, about 800 kilometers.Ushuaia is located inside the Beagle Channel, so maybe you tried to say you "sailed from" Ushuaia :)
6digit (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i want to exprience this but to experience how feel when you're ship is sinking...NO!
MacProooo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
im going there in december, cant wait...
bcallfree (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
uglyyy uglyy no no i hatee thaaaaat turnoff the cameraa pliz
msuperegg77 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
going here in five weeks.lordy.

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