Seafarers describe the highs and lows of spending months on the ocean.
The highlights of life at sea include seeing natural phenomena such as aurora borealis. "You feel complete," when experiencing them, said an oil tanker captain who spends months on the ocean.
But there is one similarity with the movie, Juhl said: the code of conduct between seafarers. In the franchise, theFor those who sail for a living, there is a similar type of agreement, Juhl said."Seafarers, no matter where they come from — India, Ukraine, Denmark, the Philippines — there is this conduct of how you behave on a ship … You can actually endanger both yourself and all of your colleagues if you are not playing that social game, being on board the ship.
Where the ship goes depends on where the demand for oil is and Dixon has sailed to every continent bar Antarctica, he said. There's no fixed daily routine, Dixon added. "There's no one way to describe life on board. It's challenging of course, but the challenge keeps you motivated all the time," he said.
Dixon makes sure the crew take Sundays off, spending it as they choose: perhaps playing PlayStation, chatting or sleeping. "I make sure there's an excellent lunch," Dixon added. While his most recent voyage was five months long — sailing from Singapore to France and then Australia — he has recently taken extended leave to settle his family in their new home.
"You keep thinking about the things that you actually cannot change, and that's quite close to depression, but this [was] like a helpful hand," he said.
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