Storm in the Drake Passage
BackThis 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: August 24, 2006 at 5:23 am
Author: xeniacolours
Length: 00:03:21
Rating: 4.71
Views: 711609
Tags: storm sailing drake passage adventure sea ocean gale ships
Video Comments:
Methodologyofmadness (November 26, 2008 at 3:34 pm)
Now do it IN A CANOE
CyrusNixes (November 20, 2008 at 9:12 am)
That wave at 2:30 and then the one at the end are MASSIVE! It's hard to tell being on a ship that big, but they must be atleast 30-40ft.
TontoHooliganto (November 18, 2008 at 6:29 am)
This is awesome!!!
LizzyAston (November 14, 2008 at 6:07 pm)
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 12, 2008 at 6:32 pm)
Know the feeling!
yogiudo (November 12, 2008 at 12:38 pm)
90 foot swells
tiflopino (November 11, 2008 at 7:25 pm)
beautifull!!
the Nature Strengh...
we will never control it!
the Nature Strengh...
we will never control it!
Pinchoro (November 10, 2008 at 9:08 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 :)
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 10, 2008 at 3:07 am)
i want to exprience this but to experience how feel when you're ship is sinking...NO!
MacProooo (November 10, 2008 at 12:28 am)
im going there in december, cant wait...