You’re reading from the journal of a European explorer from the early 1600s. In one passage, the explorer describes sitting on the Atlantic Ocean with little wind. He describes the area as being quite far north of the equator and having high pressure.In which type of global wind was this explorer sailing?

The horse latitudes are regions of high pressure and weak or calm winds, found around 30° north and south of the equator. The explorer’s description of little wind and high pressure far north of the equator fits this zone. The doldrums are near the equator, while polar easterlies occur near the poles and the jet stream is a fast-moving high-altitude wind.

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