As freezing water thrashed their rowboat in some of the most treacherous waters in the world, six men, including a school principal from Oakland, fought for 13 days to make history, becoming the first people to traverse the infamous Drake Passage with nothing other than sheer manpower. They dodged icebergs, held their breaths as giant whales breached near their small…

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