Antarctic Circumpolar Current

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Antarctic Circumpolar Current ACC is an ocean current that flows from west to east around Antarctica. An alternative name for the ACC is the West Wind Drift. The ACC is the dominant circulation feature of the Southern Ocean and, at approximately 125 Sverdrups, the largest ocean current. It keeps warm ocean waters away from Antarctica, enabling that continent to maintain its huge ice sheet. The ACC has been known to sailors for centuries; it greatly speeds up any voyages from west to east, but makes sailing extremely difficult from east to west; though this is mostly due to the prevailing westerly winds. The circumstances preceding the Mutiny on the Bounty and Jack London's story "Make Westing" poignantly illustrated the difficulty it caused for mariners seeking to round Cape Horn on the clipper ship route between New York and California. The clipper route, which is the fastest sailing route around the world, follows the ACC around three continental capes - Cape of Good Hope Africa, Southeast Cape Australia and Cape Horn South America.

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    • GTIN 09786131685378
    • Editor Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster
    • Genre Physik & Astronomie
    • EAN 9786131685378
    • Format Fachbuch
    • Titel Antarctic Circumpolar Current
    • Herausgeber Alphascript Publishing
    • Anzahl Seiten 92

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