That s when you wake up in mid air. Your body is no longer touching your mattress, but somewhere above it. Hopefully somewhere directly above it, or the next few seconds are going to hurt. Yieeeeeoofff You land safely back in your bunk, and hear your cabin mate cursing in Dutch and English in the bunk below you. Catch some sleep as best you can because this is going to go on all night, and for days to come.
Latitudes are the lines that run horizontally on a map and are parallel to the equator.
The ship is now at about 53 degrees south. Firmly into the Ferocious Fifties , which are definitely worse then the 40s. Down this far south the ocean goes all the way around the globe without much in the way of land, and the wind and the waves whip right around with nothing to slow them down. It is the roughest piece of sea water on the planet, and we have to get through it to get to the illegal Japanese whalers. Rolling in the waves What is really impressive is the way the crew just carries on.