Multiple Choice
Sailors in the 16th-18th century dreaded "rounding the horn" because of strong winds and heavy seas.Cape Horn is about latitude 55°S at the tip of South America.These sailors considered this a passage from the Atlantic to Pacific oceans,but this ocean is now often called ________.
A) the Southern Ocean
B) the Antarctic Ocean
C) the Australian Ocean
D) the Indian Ocean
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