This type of journey usually starts in Cape Town, South Africa, where you fly private to an ice runway on mainland Antarctica. Only around 1 percent of tourists to Antarctica go this way because it's ...

The Drake Passage is one reason for Antarctica's frigid temperatures. Without a land bridge connecting the continent to South America, warm northern air does not easily flow south.

Get a head start on your Antarctica experience by flying across the Drake Passage from Puerto Natales to King George Island, landing at the Chilean research station which permanently operates there.

This holiday season, skip the ordinary. Journey to Antarctica with Atlas Ocean Voyages and discover glaciers, wildlife, and ...

The Drake is part of the most voluminous ocean current in the world, with up to 5,300 million cubic feet flowing per second. Squeezed into the narrow passage, the current increases, traveling west to ...

Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic is offering two new Antarctica itineraries featuring shorter sailings and flights over the Drake Passage. An eight-day itinerary flies guests roundtrip ...

Within the Drake Passage, three seas converge. The Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern Seas all meet there, and without any land to offer resistance for the water, it can get treacherous.

The Drake Passage, named after the 16th-century English explorer Francis Drake, is a 500-mile-long waterway between South America and Antarctica where the Atlantic, Pacific and Southern seas converge.

The Drake Passage, named after the 16th-century English explorer Francis Drake, is a 500-mile-long waterway between South America and Antarctica where the Atlantic, Pacific and Southern seas converge.

Within the Drake Passage, three seas converge. The Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern Seas all meet there, and without any land to offer resistance for the water, it can get treacherous.

Atlas Ocean Voyages and Cruise Traveller have jointly released the new Drake Express package for those in the mood to explore ...

The Drake Passage, between the southern tip of South America and Antarctic, is infamous as one of the most dangerous journeys on the planet. But why is it so rough – and how can you cross safely?