cape horn at the tip. south america. because these far waters flow uninterrupted around globe, unimpeded by any land they accumulate andui much as 30,000. the cape horn rollers're called, they reach cape horn and follow through that can dwarf a 90 foot mass or the strong currents on earth. and then the which frequently accelerate, accelerate to hurricane force and can reacmuc. herman melville, who later rounded horn, compared it dant's inferno. and as the men tried to round the horn, they were battered by storms day and night byron called it the perfect. he would steer all at the waves that broke over the wager, bending it about as if were no re than a pitiful rowboat. water seeped through virtually every seam. it began to get colder and the rain hardened into sleet. en suffered from frostbite and icicles drip from the lines below 40 degrees. lot tude. there is no law a sailor's adage went below 50 degrees. there is no. and they were now in what was known as the furious fifties. captain cheap and the other officers and commanders knew they were going to need everybody on board their ships if they were to persevere. and yet it was in that very moment when of