Named after the 16th-century explorer Sir Francis Drake, it is notorious for whipping ... the passage is noticeable even for people on ships, Alberto Naveira Garabato, a professor of physical ...

Most sailing ships thus prefer the Drake Passage ... named after the 16th-century English explorer and privateer Sir Francis Drake during his raiding expedition. After passing through the Strait ...

I, Francis Drake, explorer extraordinaire, am travelling around the world with the full backing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. We left England in December 1577, five ships strong, across the ...