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The Drake Passage
Like going to the moon’: The world’s most terrifying ocean crossing
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https://edition.cnn.com/travel/artic...-rough-sea-scn
At Cape Horn, there's a monument, marking the 10,000 sailors thought to have died, navigating the Drake. ➘
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Re: The Drake Passage
Should pale death with treble dread make the ocean caves our
bed
God who hears the surges roll deign to save our suppliant soul.
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