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Monday, April 12, 2010
Pictures added!
I have added some pictures for posts dated Mar7-15. I hope to add more soon. If you want to see anything specific, let me know.
Steve
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Back in Kodiak
Made it back, just pulling up to the dock in Kodiak now. It's been quite
an experience.
Thank you to everyone that has read this, I hope you enjoyed it. I will
be loading pics as soon as I can, probably in a few days. If anyone wants
to get in touch with me for any reason (job offer) try
steven_fenske@yahoo.com
gotta go, there's an empty bar stool somewhere in Kodiak.
Steve
an experience.
Thank you to everyone that has read this, I hope you enjoyed it. I will
be loading pics as soon as I can, probably in a few days. If anyone wants
to get in touch with me for any reason (job offer) try
steven_fenske@yahoo.com
gotta go, there's an empty bar stool somewhere in Kodiak.
Steve
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Close enough to taste it
We are currently heading towards Kodiak Island, almost a day ahead of
schedule. We made pretty good time trying to outrun a storm the other
night, and we're here early. The bad news is that we can't dock until
tomorrow, because we have to enter the harbor at high tide. On the plus
side, we're close enough for cell phones to work, and the decks are
covered with people calling the outside world. I called my wife, Kari.
She was pretty excited.
As excited as I am to be off the ship and back in the world, I'm kind of
sad to be leaving the experience and many new friends behind. Thank god
for email and facebook. The experience has left me cold, (really, really
cold) seasick, bored, and sleepless at various times the past month. I am
probably also a little heavier than when I left, thanks to excessive Coast
Guard portions and 5 mealtimes per day.
I'm gonna miss the people and the experience.
Steve
schedule. We made pretty good time trying to outrun a storm the other
night, and we're here early. The bad news is that we can't dock until
tomorrow, because we have to enter the harbor at high tide. On the plus
side, we're close enough for cell phones to work, and the decks are
covered with people calling the outside world. I called my wife, Kari.
She was pretty excited.
As excited as I am to be off the ship and back in the world, I'm kind of
sad to be leaving the experience and many new friends behind. Thank god
for email and facebook. The experience has left me cold, (really, really
cold) seasick, bored, and sleepless at various times the past month. I am
probably also a little heavier than when I left, thanks to excessive Coast
Guard portions and 5 mealtimes per day.
I'm gonna miss the people and the experience.
Steve
Monday, April 5, 2010
Should have taken Dramamine
Should have. No, I didn't lose my lunch. And thank you for wishing that
I had. Spent the first fours of last night trying to stay in my bed and
trying to make my dinner stay in me. The ship was rolling side to side
about 35 degrees for a while, as we were going fast, trying to outrun a
storm. On many occasions I had to grab the bed to keep myself from being
thrown onto the floor. The rest of the time was spent trying o sleep
while being rolled side to side about every ten seconds. Did I tell you
that ships made for icebreaking don't have the best hull shape for
open-water stability? I finally managed to scoot my mattress to the side
and wedge my leg and hip between the wall and the mattress so I wouldn't
roll around as much. Thankfully, the waves died down after 3 and I was
able to get to sleep. I think I managed to get five hours of sleep or so.
Tonight, I'm definitely going to take dramamine, both so I don't get
seasick, and so that it knocks me out.
Sometime in the night we passed through the Unimak pass from the Bering
sea into the Gulf of Alaska. Just that much closer to Kodiak. No more
ice, seals, walrus, whales, or science work. Kind of sad, but also really
anxious to get back to the world. It's coming soon.
Steve
I had. Spent the first fours of last night trying to stay in my bed and
trying to make my dinner stay in me. The ship was rolling side to side
about 35 degrees for a while, as we were going fast, trying to outrun a
storm. On many occasions I had to grab the bed to keep myself from being
thrown onto the floor. The rest of the time was spent trying o sleep
while being rolled side to side about every ten seconds. Did I tell you
that ships made for icebreaking don't have the best hull shape for
open-water stability? I finally managed to scoot my mattress to the side
and wedge my leg and hip between the wall and the mattress so I wouldn't
roll around as much. Thankfully, the waves died down after 3 and I was
able to get to sleep. I think I managed to get five hours of sleep or so.
Tonight, I'm definitely going to take dramamine, both so I don't get
seasick, and so that it knocks me out.
Sometime in the night we passed through the Unimak pass from the Bering
sea into the Gulf of Alaska. Just that much closer to Kodiak. No more
ice, seals, walrus, whales, or science work. Kind of sad, but also really
anxious to get back to the world. It's coming soon.
Steve
Happy Easter
Today, believe it or not, someone in charge of morale organized an Easter
egg hunt. Just to make sure there were people interested, they hid 24
hour liberty passes in a few of the eggs for the crew. The rest just had
chocolate. It kept everyone entertained for about 20 minutes or so. The
other highlight today was Easter dinner. They did ham and baked potatoes
yams, and green bean casserole. It was just like mom would make, if she
worked in you high school cafeteria. Just kidding. It was actually
pretty good. Either that, or I'm just getting used to the food on board.
The other excitement is that we are out of the ice again. This is good
and bad. Good because we are getting closer to Kodiak, bad because it
means that we are beginning to do some serious rolling again. We spent
most of Friday and Saturday making sure that everything is secure
everywhere. The general rule of thumb is that you should be able to
turn a room on its side and shake it without anything moving around.
Honestly, the waves feel like that sometimes. We'll know tomorrow if we
did a good job. I'll also know tomorrow if I should have taken some
seasickness pills before I go to bed tonight. We'll all find out
tomorrow.
Steve
egg hunt. Just to make sure there were people interested, they hid 24
hour liberty passes in a few of the eggs for the crew. The rest just had
chocolate. It kept everyone entertained for about 20 minutes or so. The
other highlight today was Easter dinner. They did ham and baked potatoes
yams, and green bean casserole. It was just like mom would make, if she
worked in you high school cafeteria. Just kidding. It was actually
pretty good. Either that, or I'm just getting used to the food on board.
The other excitement is that we are out of the ice again. This is good
and bad. Good because we are getting closer to Kodiak, bad because it
means that we are beginning to do some serious rolling again. We spent
most of Friday and Saturday making sure that everything is secure
everywhere. The general rule of thumb is that you should be able to
turn a room on its side and shake it without anything moving around.
Honestly, the waves feel like that sometimes. We'll know tomorrow if we
did a good job. I'll also know tomorrow if I should have taken some
seasickness pills before I go to bed tonight. We'll all find out
tomorrow.
Steve
Sunday, April 4, 2010
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