{"id":87352,"date":"2023-11-04T07:29:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T07:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=87352"},"modified":"2023-11-04T07:29:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T07:29:27","slug":"worlds-most-dangerous-sea-daring-cruise-ship-tourists-pay-5k-to-cross-twice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/world-news\/worlds-most-dangerous-sea-daring-cruise-ship-tourists-pay-5k-to-cross-twice\/","title":{"rendered":"World’s most dangerous sea daring cruise ship tourists pay \u00a35k to cross twice"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The world’s most dangerous sea is so perilous that it has claimed hundreds of lives over the years – yet daring cruise ship tourists pay \u00a35,000 to make the journey twice.<\/p>\n

Dubbed the “most powerful convergence of seas”, the Drake Passage, which joins the Atlantic, Pacific and Southern oceans, is just about the only way to travel to Antarctica.<\/p>\n

Brave adventurers pay thousands of pounds – and often more – to visit the beautiful continent, where glaciers, icebergs, penguins, giant whales and stunning landscapes await.<\/p>\n

The choppy waters of the Drake Passage, named after English explorer Sir Francis Drake who sailed close to the location in 1578, are believed to have caused more than 800 deadly shipwrecks in history.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to the present day, though, and tourists now visit the world’s coldest continent in their thousands – despite the dangers.<\/p>\n

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Documenting her experience making the crossing, TikTok travel blogger Natasha Alden said: “To get to Antarctica, you have to cross the Drake Passage.<\/p>\n

“You can either get the Drake Lake or the Drake Shake and unfortunately, I woke up and we were getting the Drake Shake.”<\/p>\n

Sharing a video of huge waves crashing against her cabin’s window, she added: “So I muster up the strength to get out of bed and ask the gods what I did to disappoint them. Because little did I know that I would get the Drake Shake on the way back from Antarctica as well, and it would take twice as long.”<\/p>\n

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She explained that they crossed the stretch of sea for a day and a half before reaching any land.<\/p>\n

She added that breakfast was a “pretty interesting” experience because everyone was “holding on for dear life”.<\/p>\n

While some of her fellow holidaymakers attended lectures and perused the gift shop, Natasha was forced to run back to her room quickly at one point so she could take more sea-sickness tablets.<\/p>\n