For our Geo Quiz today, we were looking for both a place and a state of mind. The place is a region of the ocean at or near the equator. It's an area of low pressure -- and a tough spot for sailors.

The word used to describe this place is also used to describe a period of unhappiness or depression. We go to the coast of Brazil to get the answer. Clay Burkhalter is there -- and hardly in low spirits.

Clay Burkhalter

He's just completed the Mini Transat, a 42-hundred-forty mile solo ocean sailing race that started on the coast of France and ended in Brazil.

The race route goes right through our mystery region.
Clay Burkhalter arrived today in Brazil in his 21-foot sailing boat after more than a month at sea.

He placed 12th in the Mini-Transat, a 4200-mile cross-Atlantic solo sailing race that started in La Rochelle, France and ended in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil.

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