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26 November 2005

What a difference a day makes...

by Lally, onboard the Arctic Sunrise

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Arctic Sunrise heli deck.
Sometime yesterday the weather calmed down and a huge sigh of relief escaped from not so happy campers on the Arctic Sunrise. No one dared mention the stillness for an hour for fear of being lulled into a false sense of security and when it was finally mentioned there was much touching of wood. But after a few hours semi-stillness was confirmed and it was as if we’d been set free.

In the old days back when I walked solid ground (about 6 days ago now) if I’d gone out to sea on a ship that’s rolling as much as this one does in calm weather I’d probably have had to lie down. But this break in the storm is a joy and at night the rolls rock you gently to sleep.

So I’ve now had my first meal onboard that was a pleasure rather than an endurance test and I could finally appreciate the exquisite food that appears daily from the galley. I even found myself going back for seconds rather than picking at my plate like a little bird.

During dinner I looked around and took stock of the wide range of visible injuries acquired over of the past few days. To my left was the owner of a sprained ankle acquired when the ship took one of its many sudden lunges, from the galley came a bandaged burnt forearm due to an escapee cooking pot, opposite me was a head with a bandage covering a cut which was acquired when a porthole lid came alive and slammed shut and across the way I spied a carpet burn on a left arm received when its owner fell out of bed.

It looks like I got off lightly with a bruised brain.

   

Comments

so guess it's worse than the irish channel? have you managed to keep food down or is the adrenalin of it all still keeping everyone's spirits up? sounds like arnica cream would have been invaluable in the old first aid kit! best wishes and happy floating, xx

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