By southern sea, I mean all the sea between Antarctica and Africa/S America/Australia. The pacific ocean is equally vast but yet it’s milder. I was looking at global winds on a website and almost the entire Southern Sea perpetually faces 60+ kmph winds. There are even 3000+ km long stretches of continuous 80 kmph winds. Why?
In: 1893
Its called THe Roaring Forties because of the constant forty knot wind and fory foot high waves. Sailing ships used to travel from Australia to Europe along the roaring forties to shorten transit times. There are films on Youtube showing the last Windjammers doing the run in the 1920’s.
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