Safety Drill at Dawn Nobody Jokes About
Alarm at 0500. Muster. Man overboard drill. Nobody jokes. Jokes die young offshore. The young guy on crew learned fast. Respect is not rank out here. It is s...
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The Sea Does Not Care About Your Five-Year Plan
A young guy on the crew keeps talking about his MBA and making shore management by thirty. I do not tell him he is right or wrong. I watch the weather window...
The Colour the North Sea Keeps
An offshore oil worker reflects on eleven Octobers in the North Sea — on distance, small kindnesses, and a life that defies easy judgment.