Travelers desiring to reach Antarctica must pass through the 600-mile-spanning Drake Passage, where oceans collide, whipping ...

My husband and I are seasoned travelers and have been on a mission to visit all seven continents. In early 2023, we still had one left to cross off our bucket lists: Antarctica. That's why we ...

Luckily, with modern ocean liners designed to stay upright and afloat even in the toughest of conditions, crossing the Drake Passage is a lot less dangerous nowadays. However, that doesn't mean ...

All departures are family friendly. Young Guests on the Antarctica Direct: Fly the Drake Passage trip can participate in the National Geographic Global Explorers program. Developed with National ...

Jessica Farrer–a marine biologist who serves as Research Director at The Whale Museum, and part of the team of scientists working temporarily in Antarctica Peninsula, profiled in “Expedition Killer ...

The team of men from four countries finished crossing the Drake Passage on December 25 in just under two weeks after pushing off from the southern tip of South America. “This is a really big ...

There’s a welcome aboard party, we spot our first tabular iceberg – a mighty 2.5 nautical miles long – and celebrate crossing the ... it’s back across the Drake and, thankfully, it ...

A US passenger on an Antarctic cruise died and four other guests were injured after the Viking Polaris vessel was struck by a giant unexpected wave while crossing the Drake Passage heading for ...

Lindblad Expeditions is adding significantly more departures to it Antarctica fly-cruise program, said Natalya Leahy, CEO, ...

The passage takes the two sailors through the Drake Passage, which is named after the English explorer Sir Francis Drake, who confirmed the existence of an open sea route south of South America.