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Category Archives: East Coast Adventures 2014
How Lucky – Halifax, Nova Scotia – [09/29/2014]
And when worst comes to worse And we all know it will Thank your lucky stars you’ve gotten this far And tell yourself…how lucky you are! There are times, as there are always times with every person in every job, … Continue reading
Lower Away! – Halifax, Nova Scotia – [09/29/2014]
There’s nothing quite like a coast guard drill in the wet, murky chill of an East Coast September. We were expecting Canadian Coast Guard to come aboard of course, in fact we thought they weren’t coming until the afternoon so … Continue reading
Hurry, Hurry, Hurry Till We’re Done – Bar Harbour, Maine – [09/26/2014]
Greetings from the desk of…. Sometimes it feels like you’re doing a dozen things at once, but along with that comes the sense of triumph when you manage to finish all those things at once. Since Amras debarked last Montreal, … Continue reading
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Chill In The Air – Sydney, Nova Scotia – [09/24/2014]
It seems that overnight the weather around here has just …turned. I’m sure it couldn’t have happened that quickly, but it feels like it has. Last cruise we were still walking around in shorts and light jackets…and this cruise? Let’s … Continue reading
Gold Fever – Quebec, Quebec – [09/19/2014]
We got off the ship late today as I had an abandon ship drill and Amras had a training session for the same new alarm system that I’ve been locked up in training for all week, so by the time … Continue reading
Protected – Montereal – [09/21/2014]
No matter how long you do this job, one thing never gets easier: people leave and you stay. It’s somewhat impossible to explain to anyone who hasn’t been ship-side, but it’s truly bizarre. When someone debarks, they’re just…gone. Poof. Vanished. … Continue reading
Moving Pictures – Sydney, Nova Scotia – [09/17/2014]
It’s rare that a whole crew meeting is ever called, but since we’re transitioning into a new safety system it was eventually necessary to get us all into one place to tell us what on earth to expect. So the … Continue reading
Cheers to Survival – Sydney, Nova Scotia – [09/16/2014]
To say this has been a hard week would be an understatement, as I’m sure some of you have picked up …for those of you on my facebook account, most of you know that whenever the profile photo changes to … Continue reading
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Professionally Speaking – At Sea – [09/15/2014]
Inside my heart is breaking My makeup may be flaking But my smile…still stays on… I’ve been thinking a lot about what different things mean to different people, and what it means to live out here, what is required, what … Continue reading
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Crash Course – Sydney, Nova Scotia – [09/10/2014]
In this sometimes very odd job of mine, you sometimes get to do very unexpected things. You are also occasionally required to do very unexpected things. For example: we are currently undergoing the training necessary to switch the fleet’s current … Continue reading