ANN ARBOR — Amy and Tom Knutilla recently traveled to their seventh continent in a journey that was the first of its kind.

For some intrepid travelers to Antarctica, crossing the infamous Drake Passage — a 600-mile stretch of open sea between the tip of South America and the northern Antarctic Peninsula that’s ...

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?

It is, of course, the Drake Passage, connecting the southern tip of the South American continent with the northernmost point of the Antarctic Peninsula. Once the preserve of explorers and sea dogs ...

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The daunting Drake Passage, stretching 600 miles of treacherous open sea, boasts some of the harshest conditions on the globe; at its end lies the unforgiving expanse of snow and ice. Linking ...

A voyage to the great White Continent is both a dream come true and a call to arms, to protect our icy poles and, in turn, ...

Still far off the tourist trail, the likes of Macquarie, Campbell, Bounty and Snares are pristine wildernesses best explored ...

Exterior view of the National Geographic-Lindblad Explorer ship sailing through Antarctica ...

Any potential traveler to Antarctica who gets even the slightest bit queasy in rough waters views a sail to the White Continent with trepidation. The reason is the Drake Passage, the channel that ...