Other stories, days off, bathing and laundry, the potlatch, the strip, the coffee shop, the 4th of July celebrations, the Californians, saying Goodbye. Bella Bella. God’s Pocket.Read More

Salmon migration, the commercial fishing industry, Purse-seining , the competition, the process, the challenges, the successes and pitfalls, the broom.Read More

Learning my way around the Kathrine-S and her crew. Helping get everything ready to head out to Alaska. My contract and early cooking fuckups. The inside passage, sea-sickness, being a greenhorn, the watches, reaching Ketchikan.Read More

The struggle of finally calling it quits on academia, the decision to return home and the need for the money for it. A trip across the US to Seattle and the frustration of trying to land a deckhands job on a boat there. The day my luck changed when finally I landed a berth on...Read More