They were cruising for a bruising. Passengers freaked out as 40-foot waves slammed into a cruise liner navigating a treacherous stretch of ocean off Antarctica, as seen in freaky footage on Instagram.

Passengers aboard a cruise ship endured massive 40ft waves as they travelled through the rough waters of the notorious Drake Passage. Lesley Ann Murphy, a travel blogger aboard Quark Expeditions' ...

Footage recently went viral of a cruise ship being tossed around by massive waves leaving passengers stumbling and sliding ...

A cruise ship experienced a turbulent journey through the notorious Drake Passage, where passengers battled massive waves, ...

Waves in the Drake Passage crashed against the hull of the Ocean Explorer ship, tossing passengers around. Read more trending news Passengers called it “a 48-hour rollercoaster.” A blogger ...

The video showed the 342-foot ship struggling against the relentless waves, a common occurrence in the Drake Passage due to the convergence of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern Oceans.

Passengers on Quark Expeditions' Ocean Explorer ship got rocked with waves up to 40 feet on a recent cruise, rocking those onboard.

Passengers aboard a cruise ship endured massive 40ft waves as they travelled through the rough waters of the notorious Drake Passage. Lesley Ann Murphy, a travel blogger aboard Quark Expeditions ...