An all-woman Indian Navy team headed by Lt. Commander Vartika Joshi on Indian Naval Sailing
Vessel (INSV) Tarini has successfully crossed the notoriously rough Drake
Passage, as they rounded Cape Horn off the Southern tip of South America,
sometimes called the Mount Everest of sailing.
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INSV Tarini is a 56 foot sailing vessel built in India by
M/s Aquarius Shipyard Pvt Ltd, Goa. It was inducted into the Indian Navy
recently in February 2017
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The voyage of Navika Sagar Parikrama began from Goa coast
in September 2017 and will be finishing around March 2018. The expedition will
be covered in five legs, with stop-overs at 4 ports: Fremantle (Australia),
Lyttleton (New Zealand), Port Stanley (Falklands), and Cape Town (South
Africa). The project is considered essential towards promoting Ocean Sailing
activities in the Indian Navy along with showcasing the Government’s support
for empowering women.
About the Drake Passage:
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The Drake Passage is the body of water between South
America’s Cape Horn and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It connects
the southwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean (Scotia Sea) with the southeastern
part of the Pacific Ocean and extends into the Southern Ocean.
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The passage between Cape Horn and Livingston Island is
the shortest crossing from Antarctica to any other landmass. There is no
significant land anywhere around the world at the latitudes of Drake Passage,
which is important to the unimpeded flow of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
which carries a huge volume of water through the Passage and around Antarctica.
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