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No doubt about it - Ellen has written herself into the history books at the very highest level of the United Kingdom. Apart from the royals in the UK since 1066, the top 4 names that come to mind are Francis Drake, Ernest Shackleton, Edmund Hillary, and Ellen. Three of those four have faced death in the Southern Ocean with no possibility of rescue or assistance, and Hillary went beyond the pale above 8,000 meters on the upper slope of Everest.

For those of you who aren't sailing addicts, even in the year 2005 the Southern Ocean is a no rescue death zone. You go there solo, and when the wind picks up past 60 knots with 90 foot seas and a blinding horizontal whiteout in a monster of a boat that's doing over 30 knots, you're all by yourself and NOBODY can help you. During this time it's an absolute certainty that you and everything around to you are get very badly beaten up, and chances are good that something vital on you and the boat will be split open or break before it's over. It's little wonder that Ellen wears a Gent's stainless Seamaster. I think Omega should come out with a Titanium Ladies Seamaster just for Ellen's benefit, and I think the Queen should rummage around in the royal closet and get the Official Sword of State dusted off!