Friday, April 18, 2014

Ice, Water, and Boats

I got my boating II certification today.  Now I get to drive the zodiac boats and go explore the islands.  Turns out though that I kinda suck at it.  I could have told you that though considering that this was the first time I've ever driven a boat in my life.  It was also the first time that I learned about setting up tents, starting fires, and tying certain knots.  I guess my lack of skill in outdoors-y things may be catching up to me.  Funnily enough, I was the only person in my group who had never set up a tent before.  Why make a tent when they have hotels?

Tomorrow morning I have to go fishing.  8 A.M. the ship leaves.  I need to be on it at 7:30 A.M.  We'll be gone for two nights.  We trawl through the night, so I won't be getting much sleep.  I'm hoping that I won't get sea sick.  Urjeet said that we should talk to the doctor on station to see if he'd give me some scopolamine patches for the trip.  I know that I'll end up getting sick without them since the one day that I didn't have it on I started to feel off...and that was during smooth seas.  We aren't looking at smooth seas.  Maybe I should drop my medical school hopes to become a fisherman if I end up making it through this trip without feeling nauseous and getting vertigo.

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