Travel : Trip 100 : Antarctic Expedition - Drake Passage Storm {Huge wave hits ship at 1 min 5 secs}
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Movie recorded on an Expedition Cruise to the Antarctic Circle, February/March 2011.
On Sunday 6th March we were sailing through the Drake Passage back to mainland Argentina on our ship, the MS Expedition, when a big storm blew up. The Captain reported it was a Force 12, with gusts of wind upto 70 Knots and 30-40ft waves/swell.
Certainly a lovely and exciting crossing, and totally living upto the name "Drake Shake", when storms like this happen on this stretch of water.
Alright now imagine doing that in a 22 foot open boat crafted from wood salvaged from an old life raft and some sledges after spending 2 years stranded in the Antarctic ice floes with minimal provisions and that gives you an idea of what Ernest Shackleton's expedition went through. They sailed the small craft from Elephant Isle, roughly 800 miles to South Georgia. It was the first ever crossing of the Southern Ocean in an open craft and probably one of the few. Amazingly after they reached South Georgia, they still had to cross the completely unexplored interior on foot, huge glaciers and mountains thousands of feet high with nothing more than old worn out boots with dull as hell screws put in them for traction and a knife to carve steps out of the ice with. When they got to a whaling camp on the other side of the island they told about the survivors they had to leave on Elephant Isle and immediately went back to get them, despite everything they'd just been through. I think there's something really special about the heroic age of Antarctic exploration. If anyone ever deserves to be called a hero, it's those people.
Nothing Your summary of Shackelton's small boat making that trip in that Ocean is well stated. The courage and skill needed to navigate those waters in that small boat seems an impossible feat but it was done. Hypothermia alone should have killed them, how did they stay warm enough,how did they sleep and what did they eat. Divine providence must have played into this heroic effort in some manner, how else could one explain it.
the only thing you forgot about was the fact that Shackleton couldn't retrieve his men for several months due to an ice blockage.
Id heard the story but just finished "Endurance" and man theres no way anyone can do justice to the hardship and bravery the men faced. Unbeleivable story, probably the best survival story in modern history
Pics or it didn’t happen
@@perfectlydark007 Shackelton's did the crossing with winter approaching which would of added to the misery, truly one of the finest feats of survival ever accomplished.
I was there!!! Great to see this what it looked like from that deck... I was in my cabin, half asleep because of the extra-strengh Gravol. We were rolling so much, the porthole would get under the sea level every once and then. But I'd go back if I could!
Ushuaia
I remember when shacklefoot made this crossing on a two by four with limited textiles he collected from Argentinas southern border.
An adventure that you'll never forget 😍
Thanks for posting this cool video. Looks very scary.
makes me wonder how many old ships are laying on the bottom in that area.
Bunch of wrecked ships would be sinked around there
About 800
800 on record...but probably a lot more
Not on my bucket list but enjoy watching videos about it.
Watching this video made me dizzy. Cannot imagine how would it feel on board.
I’d love to visit Antarctica but I am a bit worried about getting down there
ME TOO! Don’t know if I could get past drake passage lol 🌊🤮🤢
@@michelleperry7774 They do have options where you can fly over drake passage for those who don't want to experience this. You then get on the ship once you land on the peninsula.
Billions of blue blistering barnacles, seasickness in that light breeze, Haha landlubber !!!
I gotta do this
Not my dad sending me this this why I would never go on a ship PURRRRRRR 👊🏽😤
It’s why aeroplanes were invented 😂
Not friendly to land animals. Just a violent place and it must have been exhilarating
Mayn shiid...... if it would turn over the waters would be to cold no way I would of been headed towards there maybe for a billion dollars it a chance
🤢
I still feel amazed that sailing ships of the past went through similar conditions... man, the bravery and courage that people had
They're probably decomposed
Wooden ships too compared to our metal ships of modern day
many ended up at the ocean floor...
@@thebreezybeast well yeah they existed in history lol
And Shackleton did this with five other men in a lifeboat for over 800 miles. Dang.
InGratiaDei thats why im here
"When disaster strikes and all hope is gone, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton"
@@suhasvishwanath5556 indeed.
And he lost his damn whisky not far from there
just reading that book. Insane.
Ships sailed around the tip of South America for centuries not realizing that Antarctica was only about 500 miles away across this strait. But seeing as how the waves were like this it can be clearly seen why no one attempted to go much farther.
sense of self preservation.. i would guess
Imagine the boat being pushed up a 100ft by a wave then dropping as the wave passes.. yikes
@@cnitevedi4832 nah… nobody survived the trip…
Ma telugu vadu na anvesana vachadu
Antarctica ki power of India
🔥
I really wanna see the Drake's passage with my own eyes!
You are very brave
i'm twice a year sailing this ocean...
@@adysetyawan8928seriously?dayum man
@@ahmedyaseen3836 😂😂😂😂
Same, there’s so many cool things to see in a lifetime
Looks scary but exciting at the same time! Man, I wanna go too!
Then go
@@mwb6188 it's Hella expensive
Did you went?
Hmmm... quite rough but I once crossed in a small expedition ship in a force 10 which lasted about 16 hours. Our suitcases looked like they had been in a blender the following morning, we had to use the bed-straps to keep ourselves in bed, and there were some broken ribs among the passengers. Yes in can be VERY rough on the Drake. Fair weather cruisers should either not go or should stick to the big ships with good stablisers.
Crossed the Drake passage many times on Hms Protector 1962...64.We had one really bad crossing, 180knots of wind for a time, we had to stay head to wind for36 hours and made no headway visibility almost nil. We survived but lost a lot of deck gear...
How would you like taking on the Drake in a 23 foot open boat like Shackleton?
Shout out to Shackleton and his crew. Legends....
When its white cappin in the middle of the ocean you know 💩 is getting nautical...
Whoa!😯 scary and yet it looks amazing
wow..that is just a month or so after I was doing the same thing. It was definitely not calm when we went through Drake Passage, but thank God, it was nothing like that.
I remember taking a cruise to the Caribbean with a friend during spring break. We flew to Jamaica to catch our ship. One thing I noticed on the plane was that everyone had put on scop patches to ultimately avoid sea sickness. Unfortunately for them because they put them on so soon they ended up being more sea sick. About 1/2 of the passengers ended up in sick Bay because they put those patches on too soon . We had 30 foot swells easily. It was like being on a roller coaster. Running on a treadmill was particularly fun.
Running on a treadmill on a cruise ship is fun. You really don’t need to add incline on the machine 😂.
That looks like fun :D
#naaanveshana 🦁🦁
Drake stumbled around in massive storms for weeks. It just blows the mind how and with what they did that. Including maps that wouldn't even qualify as "guesswork".
Love this. I could watch it for an hour. Wish you had more footage. Thank you 🙏 .
You can only watch huh very brave
If ship sink there,
Captain : don't worry people, you are dying rich
Sea condition 7 that's a rough day.
Awesome footage. Love this ship and the Antarctica experience...even w/ the Drake Passage waves.
So you pay $12,000 for a 10 day cruise for this. Would not want to abandon ship.
Why do they have glass cutlery? Everything should be foam and plastic just to avoid injuries. Btw you guys clearly had a good passage because I have seen how bad it gets down there.
That's fucking insane!
the ship looks pretty big too; did the tidal affect the movement on board that much? it really looks like it does a lot
Very nice attitude about this situation, thanks for sharing!
I love the Antarctic and that's a goal of mine to someday visit. No chipmunk 🐿, but they do got penguin 🐧. I could settle for that.
هذا هو اكبر واخطر مضيق بحري فالعالم حيث تقاطع ثلاث محيطات
Insane to imagine men climbing up rigging on a man-o-war in seas like that, or taking watch
Good video. Gives a real idea of what this passage entails. Thanks for posting.
I went through a typhoon in the Indian Ocean while I was stationed on an aircraft carrier and I had a blast. The Drake passage is on my bucket list. I don't get seasick so no worries there.
you insane i'm sorry
@@jellys2162 Not at all. I enjoy being at sea and occasional rough seas are a part of it. 😁
Allah hu Akbar
وحاطين اغاني ياقو قلبهم
You're there bussing tables and in the background a tune comes on.. "it's not about the money , money, money, it's not about the priiice taaag" those are the last words you hear as you sink trying to place silver cutlery on some rich pricks ship
Awesome video, i was just wondering which tour expedition group you went with?
Absolutely great video, thank you! Greetings from Germany ✨💜💜💜💜👍
My grand father took me over to Antartica when I was 9 y. o. in the ill-fated ARA Bahia Paraiso just a year before it sunk. I remember getting seriously sea sick at Drake's passage, and all crew were wearing patches... It must be the only time I got seasick. As someone said over here, the courage you have to have to go over that on a sailing ship... no to mention I got there during summer and we were crossing quite a few pieces of floating ice over there...
yaaaaa ms baxterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :O
what kind of glass is that? you would think the sea would blast through it
The glass panes are usually 1" thick, and in older ships the port-holes in cabins have a steel reinforcement which can be lowered over the glass and locked in place by sturdy nuts for added safety
really i would rather do anything else
Force 7 is a Near Gale. Force 8 is a Gale.
Imagine ordering food in the restaurant at the Drake Passage & not tipping lol
The stairs on the deck show the scale...for the windows to get sprayed at that distance!!
Atypical.day in the Winter North Atlantic lol
Nice! Once in a lifetime storm at sea. Please! Go get a jacket - wait, here, borrow mine... There...! Now go out on deck and film! Thank you! Be strong my friend! And btw, Thanks for this video. Big storm. Did you trust the ship? You were a little nervous you said. Thanks
That looks kinda scary
How can I get on a boat like this?
Fuck that shit. This is why boats are 100x scarier than planes.
We sped across Drake Lake in record time in February 2017😃
Seems like February is good time to head there.
No thank you.
I'll stick with warm weather cruises but I have yet to be on one
You look like Wilson Fisk
How much was ur trip?
😣 I could barely watch
We’re getting sea sick just watching your swinging the camera all over the place…….Focus on the Sea dude…
I would like to see you try holding a camera while on a ship in seas like this
Se creen que tener hijos sin pecado concevido o del amor se tienen por suerte,sin querer o por sorteo...Aún se creen que me voy a dejar dar por cualquiera o me voy a ir con la que digan ellos...Este mundo ya he dicho varias veces para qué sirve.Me ha costado mucho hacerme respetar aunque cualquiera en este mundo me quería reventar.Cada uno puede hacer lo que quiera pero luego que no pida o exija.
Wised the video was longer!
I wish to go Antarctic but i dont have ability so i try to check this type of video always.
I'm going there on Dec. 2017
have you left yet? vid upload please?
how did it go
How was it? I am going in 2020!
You still alive?
Meh, looks like a normal day in the subantarctic.
Ah va we.
Try doing the Drake passage in a 30 foot sailing boat.
Oh no thank you 🤣.
Nearer my god to thee..hehe..
An old mariner's saying about cruising in the the deep Southern seas: (forgive pls. if I get it a bit wrong) "Below 50 degrees South latitude there's no law. Below 60 degrees there's no rescue and below 70m degrees South latitude,...... there's no God!"
And to think that men have been sailing those waters in wooden sailing vessels under 100 ft. in length for around 200 hundred years now!
Yea, the early explorers were amazing. We can see remote areas reasonably safely nowadays on large, diesel powered steel ships but that is still no guarantee. Ships still go down on occasion. Just look at the footage of Clelia II, she didn't sink but that's down right scary.
I can't imagine the early explorers in 80 or 90 foot wooden ships. No engine, no radios, no modern navigation equipment. That took some serious guts, lol or a death wish. They were on their own with not much more than a wooden ship & the other men with them.
Every time I see a video like this I think about that. They didn't even have modern clothing & fabrics.
Paul Beckett
Good point but to mention they didnt have radio , Nav or rescue and most if not all was probly unknown . .
Yet Shackleton and Worsley did it in a 23 foot open boat.
Even after the Panama Canal was made,right?
I’m heading to Antarctica in a month and this terrifies me lol
How thick is that glass?
YIKES! getting motion sick just watching....
Dude 50 knots isnt force 7. Its storm 10
FASTER!! >:V
And the marinda blue with soda...! m.m.a.rana
Landlubber. That's nothing.
Lucky you......I wish to have this experience one day......
1:37 LOL
You speak Oooohhhh my God you true hhhhhhh
wow this is wicked and crazy. But i`d love to experience it ;) haha thanks for the idea ms. baxter.
i made a video on my page of the same storm, i was working on the ship at that time
I would shit my pants...
Was it Hard to cross the drake Passage?
How possible is it for a storm like that to sink a ship?
good suggestion
My dream place❤
My God today... 😲😲😲😲😲
Wow
Now imagine Magalhães (Magellan) doing something similar in a boat made of wood 🤔
He don't use the Drake passage, he discovered the Strait of Magellan.
@@ronileal2764 "imagine"