Antarctica, The surrounding seas

The seas around Antarctica have often been likened to the moat around a fortress. The turbulent �Roaring Forties� and �Furious Fifties� lie in a circumpolar storm track and a westerly oceanic current zone commonly called the West Wind Drift, or Circumpolar Current. The three major oceans, Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian, are bounded on the south by Antarctic shores. Warm,