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The oceans and seas of the world, and the enterprise and ingenuity that has been used to master them. Episode four: The Southern Ocean and the history of European exploration. Stretching across southern Australia, the Horn of Africa, South America and encircling the Antarctica, the waters of the Southern Ocean were reluctantly explored by European sailors. "Salt laden sea, How much of all your salt is the tears of Portugal? For us to cross you, how many mothers have wept?" Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet. Presented by Roger Fenby.