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Related: About this forumA Reminder That The Ocean Is A Big, Terrifying Place
This footage from a ship in Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica, is a good reminder that going into rough seas is not for the faint of heart.
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A Reminder That The Ocean Is A Big, Terrifying Place (Original Post)
LiberalArkie
May 2016
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Judging by the deck guns, I would imagine that sucker is built to be underwater and to pop
LiberalArkie
May 2016
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dchill
(38,462 posts)1. Jeez! Batten down the hatches!
Pharaoh
(8,209 posts)2. I don't think I'd be giggling
if I was on that ship. Any ship can be sunk.
LiberalArkie
(15,707 posts)3. Judging by the deck guns, I would imagine that sucker is built to be underwater and to pop
right back up. Maybe Australian navy or such.
my point, don't laugh at the sea!
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)5. There is giggling because you think it funny, and giggling that you are about to die.
Having been in similar setting I suspect that was a mixture of both.
The emotions get weird, and you train to reduce their influence, but when you are faced with something that awesome it can still come out.
See the world.
Pharaoh
(8,209 posts)6. I was on a ship like that
on the back end of a typhoon near Guam. Gives you a lot of respect for the sea,