The Boredom is Getting Worse

The title says it all. Three weeks on board, and we're all starting to go
a little stir crazy. It has gotten so bad that on my shift that I have
decided to start seeping at night during my shift because we don't so that
many stations at night. Last night, we were in transit for seven hours,
out of the ice, and when we finally reached the station, the wind was
howling and the waves were rocking so bad that we didn't even attempt to
do the station. The sea ice has been broken into small (3-10 ft) pieces
and the surface is like an undulating slush field. This makes it
impossible to keep a hole open long enough to get any equipment into the
water. The wind was also shipping at up 60 knots, making the wind chill
-35F. We weren't unhappy to have skipped that station. So the et result
of last night was almost trying to start a station. So we watched some
movies. Six of them. The only sort of fun is that trivia night is
tonight. My apologies to everyone, talent night is next week. I'll be
sure to let you know how it goes.
So for now we are in transit, back in the waves, which look really cool
because the slushy ice moves with the waves. We only have a few more
stations to do the entire cruise, then a week back to Kodiak. More
nothing to do. I'll tell you all about it tomorrow.
Steve