Dan Seitz

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Millions of years ago, two tectonic plates merged and created a unique landscape at the southernmost tip of South America, not far from the South Pole. Over time, the plate from the east smashed into the plate from the west, which slid underneath. As a result, the eastern sea is about fifteen hundred feet deep, but the western sea reaches depths of over fifteen thousand feet.
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
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