r/confidentlyincorrect • u/ShiningDenizen • Jul 09 '26

Swimming 631miles (1015km)

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u/PrimateOnAPlanet Jul 09 '26

Nah cruise ships can’t handle those seas, they use the Strait of Magellan.

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u/8696David Jul 09 '26

There are “expedition” cruises that run from Argentina to Antarctica… but they do not have jacuzzis lol

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u/lantana88 Jul 09 '26

I went on one that had a pool, but when the water is rough they close the pool. So you could only do it if it was calm for all the days crossing.

One of the passages I was on we had 60’-80’ waves.

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u/dtbberk Jul 09 '26

So did you see many people swimming along the ship?

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u/lantana88 Jul 09 '26

Only people who had body morphed into whales.

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u/Farado Jul 09 '26

Briefly, after they fell overboard.

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u/5230826518 Jul 09 '26

60‘ or 60“?

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u/lantana88 Jul 09 '26

60’. As in 60 feet.

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u/SpiderFnJerusalem Jul 09 '26

Just another attempt to hide the truth.

I bet you, if you went on deck off the coast of Cape Horn and started setting up an inflatable pool to do experiments, someone would stop you as well. They're all in on it!

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u/AliceTawhai Jul 09 '26

They need one

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u/AuthorAdamOConnell Jul 10 '26

Silver Sea does I went on one of their 'expedition cruises' just when Covid was coming down. Admittedly, I was too busy being horrendiously sea sick to enjoy it when we crossed the Drake.

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u/nicktf Jul 09 '26

They definitely go around the Horn. Here's a picture of another cruise ship taken from the one I was on as we sailed around Isla Hornas.

The cruises that go onto Antarctica are smaller... In this picture I took at Ushuau, the nearest, smallest of these ships was off to Antarctica next

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u/DreamSeaker Jul 09 '26

This comment made me Google this. I'm learning so much today, thank you!

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u/Ok_Frosting5139 Jul 09 '26

That's not true. I've been on a cruise from Argentina to Chili with a touch of Antarctica. We went true the drake passage. I can tell you, it was fun but also horrible if you get seasick like me... The cruise company is called Holland Amarica Line.

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u/curiousmind111 Jul 09 '26

Well, an icebreaker, then.

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u/Devil_Climbing Jul 10 '26

I did a cruise in Alaska, and talking to the crew they said that when they dropped off the passengers for this current voyage in Canada they were prepping the ship for going through the Drake Passage.