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６：The Roughest Sea in the World
"Devil Drake Passage" But... Where??
| After we left Ushuaia, the next day, we headed for south across Drake Passage to the Antarctica. It's between South American Continent and the Antarctica. |
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The narrowest width is about 650 km long so that it's in the Guinness Book of World Record for the widest passage in the world. |
| Also, it's famous for the roughest sea in the world because of its location; the stormy area all year round. |
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So the sailors all over the world call it "The Devil Drake Passage," or "The Grave of Ships," and are very feared for it. |
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The tour conductor said that 99% of the travellers got sea sick and had to lay in the bed. Look at the picture below!! |
| You can see some bags for vomitting in the hallway. It means that anybody can vomit anywhere on the ship...  |
But, actually it wasn't rough at all. I just saw three or four meters high waves. The Japan sea in the mid winter is much rougher than this.... |
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The tour conductor said, "We are very lucky." He felt very strange to see very calm Drake Passage. |
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I'm gonna tell you later about the Drake Passage on the way back to the South American Cntinent. It was also very quiet and |
| the sky was very clear without any strong winds. Where did the Devil Drake Passage go?? We were luck or unlucky... I wanted to experience the roughest sea in the world |
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even if I would have been gotten sea sick. The Drake Passaage was one of the attractions that I could have experienced. Disappointing...  |
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If you wanna see the real Drake Passage, Check out the link → Drake passage |
After the breakfast, we had a free time so I headed for the bridge. There were a few sailors but we could go in and out of the bridge freely.  |
After the lunch, I was at the deck to see the sea. Then lots of sea birds got closed to us so I also enjoyed bird watching. |
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★ Wandering Albatross They are the biggest sea birds in the world so their wings reach three meters max. On top of that, they can fly straight for 3000-15000 km for food. Amazing!!  |
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★ Southern Giant Petrel They are much smaller than the wandering albatrosses but are violent.  |
| After I enjoed the time on the deck, I went back to my cabin and fell asleep and missed the dinner as I was very very tired. |
At that night, since the tour conductor wondered if I was laying on the bed being sea sick, he came into my cabin and called me, "Hey, You! |
| Are you ok? If you are feeling ill, I'm gonna bring the dinner for you." So I woke up. |
Double Ks let me keep sleeping and they went to the dining room for dinner. The dinner time started at 7 o'clock. When I saw my phone, it was already 7:50!! Oh!! |
| I dashed to the dining room. At that time, most of the food was gone...
Oops!! After the dinner, I went back to sleep again deeply. Good Night!! |
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