Ocean Explorers Grand Slam
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The Ocean Explorers Grand Slam is an adventurer goal to complete open-water crossings on all five oceans using human-powered vessels.
Fiann Paul, Alex Gregory, Carlo Facchino, Arctic Ocean Rowing
Drake Passage
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The Drake Passage or Sea of Hoces is the body of water between Cape Horn in Chile at the southern extreme of the South American mainland and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It connects the s
Ocean Explorers Grand Slam
…on all five oceans using human-powered vessels. In 2019, Icelandic explorer Fiann Paul led the first human-powered transit (by rowing) across the Drake Passage (The Impossible Row) and, in doing so, he completed the row on his fifth ocean, and became the first person to achieve the Ocean Explorers Grand Slam…
Tourist expedition ship sailing across the Drake Passage to Antarctica
The plot shows a yearly average (2020) of the surface current strength (from GODAS dataset), together with streamlines. Following the streamlines, it is easy to see that the current is not closed in itself but interacts with the other ocean basins (connecting them). The Drake Passage plays a major role in this mechanism.
The Drake Passage influences the global surface temperature and Atlantic circulation.
Rough seas are common in the Drake Passage