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Look Ma, no hands!

Look Ma, no hands!

Phil, one of the ROV pilots, had jokingly promised me that I could drive the ROV. Yesterday I finally hounded him down on this promise, …

 

Urban Legend

Urban Legend

Welcome to the Franklin gym. When I first heard that I would be on Franklin, the only vessel big enough to have a gym, I was …

 

The Scenic Route

The Scenic Route

On a side note, if you are curious about the route that I’ve traveled in the past 4 weeks, here it is: ICEBEAM: Göteborg, Sverige (June 27 …

 

Waves

Waves

It was the best of times, it was the (roughest) of times… Yesterday the waves reached a height of 3 metres (uggh we are required to …

 

Mareld

Mareld

Like all things in summer, my time out at sea was a time warp. At times when boredom and loneliness sets in, there’s nothing out …

 

A Treasure hunt… of a different kind

A Treasure hunt… of a different kind

First, I apologize for being off the charts for the past few weeks. Recently, our ship stopped in Eemshavn, Netherlands for a crew change and …

 

Cabin life

Cabin life

Hey! Guess where I am? I’m living on a boat for a month!! For the last four weeks of the internship, Jaya and I sadly …

 

The play’s the thing

The play’s the thing

The minute that Jaya and I learned that our Midsummer weekend plans involved traveling to Elsinore (Helsinøre, Denmark or Helsingor) and the Castle Kronberg, our …

 

The Challenge

The Challenge

This week has been our first semi-continuous week of work in the office. (I say semi because the work week ends, Thursday, midday, for the …

 

National Day of Sweden

National Day of Sweden

Happy National Day of Sweden! What an adventure these last two days have been! Though we are still not yet over our jet lag, we started …