{"id":3766,"date":"2018-11-06T14:38:48","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T14:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lelandhale.com\/wordpress\/?p=3766"},"modified":"2018-11-06T14:38:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T14:38:48","slug":"review-life-alaska-seine-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lelandhale.com\/wordpress\/review-life-alaska-seine-boat\/","title":{"rendered":"Weeks In Review: Life on an Alaska Seine Boat"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we settled in for the night, the two of us reminisced\u00a0about\u00a0our recent experience. Well, at least I reminisced. It was, after all, part of my calling. I was the one with the book. It was my job to write\u00a0the review.<\/p>\n

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\nAlaska State Ferry<\/strong>, enclosed sundeck at dusk<\/p>\n

For me, the sheer exhaustion struck deepest. We’d worked 13, sometimes 15 hour days, with hardly a break. This was young people’s work and I was no longer a teenager. And even if I was younger, two months of that would have taken a steeper toll. I imagined the crew of the Investor<\/em>\u00a0with that same bone-tired ache at the core\u00a0of their\u00a0beings. I could see them\u00a0losing their edge to the point that only rote repetition got them through the\u00a0day.<\/p>\n

In my case, that feeling was offset by the excitement of salmon pooling in the net — sure signs of a big haul. That and moments of communing with our ever-stunning surroundings: the deep fjords with eagles soaring above us; the seals barking as they gobbled their share of salmon; even the jellyfish caught in our nets. But I was a short-timer. There’s only so much scenery one can appreciate when\u00a0the work horizon seems infinite.<\/p>\n

K.’s review, on the other hand, focused on\u00a0our skipper. She’d fished commercially with her ex-husband, so she had certain expectations. She was looking for\u00a0discipline and unmitigated drive; our skipper was laid back, almost devil-may-care. In other words, she was used to a skipper like Mark Coulthurst<\/a>. Our skipper was not Mark Coulthurst.<\/p>\n

But he sure did know\u00a0where the fish were. And there was a sharp edge beneath the surface, as evidenced by his less than playful response when the farm boy was too cautious in approaching\u00a0the oil tanker.\u00a0It probably didn’t matter either way. The reality of my exhaustion soon overtook me. If I’m tired enough, I can doze off\u00a0anywhere. And so it was that my review was interrupted by sleep.<\/p>\n

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\nAlaskan Bar, Cordova<\/strong>; its sign is intentionally upside down (copyright San Francisco Chronicle<\/em>)<\/p>\n

The voyage from Valdez to Cordova takes five hours. Our ship sailed just after midnight, which put us in Cordova early the next morning. From experience, K. knew the\u00a0town would still be sleeping; we’d be lucky to find somewhere to wait it out.<\/p>\n

Only one cafe was open: the one nearest the Cordova terminal. We would get breakfast and linger over coffee. Many cups of coffee.<\/p>\n

Copyright Leland E. Hale (2018). All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

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\"Craig\"<\/p>\n

Order “What Happened In Craig<\/strong>,” HERE<\/strong><\/a> and HERE<\/strong><\/a>, true crime from Epicenter Press about Alaska’s Worst Unsolved Mass Murder<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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