Freezing water thrashed their rowboat for nearly two weeks as they rowed the infamous Drake Passage from the southern tip of South America to Antarctica. They dodged icebergs, watched giant whales breach near their small boat and rode building-sized waves while rowing 24 hours a day.
The men from the United States, Iceland, Scotland and South Africa arrived on Wednesday. Colin O'Brady of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, told The Associated Press that the experience was “quite harrowing.”