Post #2350591
2026-02-25 07:29 UTC
So I fly to Newfoundland, and I get on an actual icebreaker ship.
Oh my people, it was so fucking cool. Icebreakers aren't gigantic, like container ships or tanker ships, but they're *big*, just the same.
And the Canadian Coast Guard is a commercial service, not a military one, so even tho they spend months at sea, they take very good care of their sailors, so, broadly speaking, the place was all modern cons.
(You still have to take navy showers, but other than that.)
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@GeePawHill@mastodon.social 2026-02-25 07:34
Now. I was afraid of sea sickness. I'd been on fishing trips on the open ocean, and had been very sick. So I wore a patch. You may not know this, but there are still Royal Navy traditions practiced aboard ships. One of the important ones: there's always a comedy officer. Someone whose job it is to be funny, to make sailors smile. You think that's silly, but sometimes these people are on board these ships for a *year*. It is important that they be amused.