Ubuhlobo buhlanganiswe ngokuzijabulisa okuhlanganyelwe nezinselelo ezihlangene kahle.
Ngenhlanhla ngokwanele ukuba ngikhule eS Seattle, eWashington, "engxenyeni engaphezulu kwesokunxele" e-United States. Ngami, i-Alaska kwakuyiphupho elingaphansi kakhulu kunezingane ezisuka eMaine noma eFlorida, e-Arizona noma eTexas. Abanye babo baqhubeka bakhuphukela lapho, futhi, ngisho nokuhlangana nabasebenzi abavela kude kakhulu njengeWales no-Israyeli ngenkathi ngisezikebhe zokudoba i-Alaskan. Kodwa laba babengabantu abahlukile; ungaphenduli kahle, ungase uthi. Ukuphumula ngokweqile.
Ukufika e-Alaska
Kodwa kuthiwani ngabafundi abafunda esikoleni samabanga aphakeme nje nje bafuna isiqalo, noma abafundi bekolishi abadinga ukukhokha izifundo bese bethenga izincwadi ukuze baphuthukise amaphupho abo? Kuthiwani ngazo zonke lezi zigidi zabantu ababukele ukubulawa kwe-Deadliest Channel ku-Discovery Channel futhi ngokuzumayo bazizwa ukudonsa kolwandle? Abaningi babo bacabanga ngokuya e-Alaska ukuyosebenza emkhunjini wokudoba, futhi.
Sinemibono engacacile yendawo enhle nemali enkulu, kodwa abanalo umqondo wokuqhubeka. Uma ungomunye walabo bantu, uhamba kanjani ufika e-Alaska futhi uthola imali?
Yebo, ungakwenza ngendlela engayenza ngayo. Ungabhekana ndawonye amabhakede angamashumi amabili nesithupha, bese uhamba ngeBrithani Columbia, uvuma ukugibela ama-mobsters kanye nezinkolelo zenkolo.
Hlala ngaphansi kwamatafula wepikiniki. Thola isikebhe eya eningizimu-ntshonalanga ye-Alaska, enezinhlamvu eziyishumi ezisele. Hamba ngemikhumbi ngokungenakulinganiswa, bese ekugcineni uqashiwe emkhunjini wokudoba ngaphandle kokwazi ukuthi ungubani. Ungakwenza ngaleyo ndlela, kodwa angiyincoma. Engikwenzayo kuncoma ukuthi uhlole i-intanethi ukubona ukuthi kukhona yini indlela yokuxhumana nabadobi bokudoba ngaphambi kokuya enyakatho. Uma ubheka ezindaweni ezifanele, ungathola ulwazi olunengqondo mayelana nomsebenzi nezingozi ezihilelekile ekudobeni kwezohwebo, kanye nemiphumela emihle.
Ukusebenza esikebheni sokudoba
Ngakho-ke, kunjani ukusebenza emkhunjini wokudoba? Into yokuqala yokuqonda ukuthi i-Alaska inogwini olungaphezu kwamamitha angu-9 000, futhi izinkulungwane zezinhlanzi zokudoba zisebenza lapho, zilandela izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zezilwane zasolwandle nezigobolondo. Kusukela ku-28-foot foot salmon trollers ezihudula imigqa elinezilinganiso nezinkokhelo ezilindelwe endaweni yokudoba ephansi ehlose ukubamba inhlanzi eyodwa enhle ngesikhathi esisodwa, kuba "abahamba ngemikhumbi" emikhulu enamanetha amancane ngokwanele ukugwinya i-Astrodome, kulabo abadobi abenzile edumile kuhlelo lokuTholakele "Izindlela Zokubulala", akukho impendulo elula embuzweni wokuthi impilo ifana kanjani emkhunjini wokudoba.
Kodwa-ke, ngingakutshela ngenye yezinhlamvu ezijwayelekile kakhulu zokungena ezingeni elizofika e-Alaska; umsebenzi wehlobo e-salmon ngesikebhe okuthiwa i-seiner seiner (ebizwa ngokuthi "say-ner"). Yindlela engangiqala ngayo.
Ubude obukhulu besikhwama sezimali esikhwameni sase-Alaska singamamitha angu-58. Lumkhawulo wesayizi ogunyaziwe ngumbuso okuhloswe ngawo ukuvimbela ukuphumelela ngokweqile kwezinhlanzi zokudoba phakathi kwezindiza. Njengoba izikebhe zide kakhulu futhi zibanzi, ngokuvamile zikhululekile. Abaxhasi bezimpahla bahlukaniswa kalula ngokubambisana kwabo. Abaxhasi bezimpahla banesisindo esinzima, okuvela kuwo amaphrojekthi, ukuqhubekela phambili ngokubonakalayo futhi kuhambisane nendawo yokusebenza. Kusukela ebhokisini kubeka i-block block, igubhu eliqhutshwa ngamanzi elithatha amanzi enetha.
The Crew
Abakhiqizi bezimpahla ngokuvamile banabasebenzi abahlanu, kuhlanganise nomphathi.
Wonke umuntu kulindeleke ukuba angene noma kunini nalapho kukhona umsebenzi okwenziwe khona, kodwa imisebenzi ethile ekhethekile ngokuvamile, kodwa hhayi njalo, iya kubasebenzi abaqeqeshiwe abanolwazi olulandelayo.
I-skiffman idonsela umkhumbi wokusebenza ophezulu, udonsa umkhawulo owodwa wenetha le-seine nethente uma ungena emanzini bese ulungisa ukudoba. Usebenza eduze nenduna , okhuluma naye umsakazo ngokugcina "ukuma" kwenetha.
(Ngale ndlela, sisebenzisa amagama asezingeni elivamile elivamile futhi sigweme ukuhlukumezeka kwegrama. Nokho, sikhetha lesi sitayela, ngoba sibonile ukuthi iningi labesifazane esibaziyo, abasebenza embonini yokudoba, babheka ngokuthi " abadobi, "bekhetha i-term yendabuko ngokwegama elithi" abadobi. "Kunoma yikuphi, abesifazane bahlanganisa amaphesenti akhula weqembu lababili nabasebenzi bezinyawo. Sizizwa kakhulu ukuthi ukuhweba kwe- Alaska ukuhweba imboni ingcono kakhulu ngenxa yalaba besifazane, futhi sisola ukuthi bambalwa emikhumbi yezilwandle ngeke bavumelane.)
Injini , ngokuvamile ilungu le-crew elibuyela emuva noma "greenhorn" elinokuhlangenwe nakho okusebenzayo, linesibopho sokugcina izinjini nemishini ngendlela efanele yokusebenza.
U-greenhorn , ngendlela, ungumuntu omusha ongenalwazi. Khumbula njalo ukuthi wonke amalungu kanye nomphathi wamagoli e-Alaska wayekade eyi-greenhorn. I-Greenhorns ivame ukunikezwa indima ye-deckhand.
I-Deckhands yenza konke okuncane futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ibonise isinyathelo nokuzimisela ukufunda ngaso sonke isikhathi. Ukumisa inetha uma kufika ebhodini; ukulungisa amanetha kanye neminye imishini njengoba begqoka futhi bedabula; ukuphonsa inhlanzi ngaphakathi kwezinhlanzi; ukukhulula ukudoba ekupheleni kosuku; isondo elimiyo-ukubukela nokusiza ukugcina isikebhe sihlanzekile yimisebenzi eminingana eminingana eyofundwa yi-deckhand eyakhayo.
Uma kuqhathaniswa nemisebenzi emanzini omgwaqo noma izikebhe zesimo se-halibut, usuku lomsebenzi olwandle oluhamba nge-saumon seiner lufana nokuhamba epaki. Kuye ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwakho kwangaphambilini, noma kunjalo, kungase kube ukuhamba okudinga kakhulu oke wathatha.
Izinsuku zide. Uma abaphathi bezokudoba banikeza imoto ithuba lokuvula izinsuku ezine, lokhu kusho ukuthi ukudoba kuzovuleka amahora ayisishiyagalolunye nesithupha ngokuqondile. Induna yakho, ngaphandle uma engavamile kakhulu, izohlale ifuna ukwandisa ukubamba ngesikhathi sokuvula.
Lokho kusho ukudoba kusukela ekukhanyeni kokuqala kuze kube mnyama.
Amasethingi okwenza
Ezingxenyeni zemali, ingxenye enkulu yosuku lomsebenzi inikezwa inqubo ephindaphinda yokwenza amasethi. ("Setha" yileli gama elinikezwe inqubo yokubeka kanye nokuthola inetha, inqubo ephindaphindiwe kaningi ngosuku ngalunye.)
Ukuzihlanganisa okuningi kwenziwa eduze kakhulu nasogwini, lapho izikole zezinhlanzi ezifudukayo zivela ezingxenyeni ezinkulu kakhulu. Ngesikhathi abaqeqeshi behlola umkhumbi kanye nemishini yokulungela, uthisha ufunda izimo zamanzi namanje, ukukhanya, umoya kanye nokuziphatha kwezinhlanzi okubonakalayo ukuze kunqume ukuthi uzokwenza kuphi. Ngalesi sikhathi ekusebenzeni, i-skiff inamathele emgodini we-seiner, futhi umgibeli wesitimela usekuya esiteshini sakhe sokuqondisa esikhwameni, ngenjini engasebenzi.
Lapho efika endaweni yakhe ekhethiwe, induna idlulisela abasebenzi ukuba bakhululwe. Manje esededelwe, futhi edonsa umkhawulo owodwa wenetha, i-skiff iphendulela futhi ama-motor abe esesikhundleni, ngokuvamile ebhekene futhi eseduze kakhulu nolwandle oluthuli.
Uthinhloko uqhuba umkhumbi uhambe kude ne-skiff, futhi inetha elide lekota eliyi-kilometer liphuma ngaphandle.
I-Tow
Njengoba i-last of the net ishiywe eseceleni komkhumbi, umphathi uphuthukisa isikebhe bese eqala ukudonsa kancane ngokumelene nalokhu ekupheleni kwakhe, ebambe inetha ngendlela ejwayelekile yokujikeleza.
Amanetha e-purine seine akhiwe ngezinxenye ezintathu eziyinhloko: i-corkline eduze kwe-strung phezulu enezintambo ezinamafutha okuthiwa "ama-coorks"; i-webbing (ebizwa nangokuthi "i-mesh") yethabo ngokwayo ngaphansi kwe-corkline, ne-leadline esindayo (umugqa obukhulu, u-nylon ngezinhlamvu zokuhola eziboshwe kuwo) ngezansi. I-corkline ifaka phezu kwamanzi, i-web ixhomeke emanzini njengocingo, futhi umzila ohamba phambili ugcina "ucingo" ulenga kancane kancane emanzini.
I-tow ihlala cishe ngemizuzu engamashumi amabili, ngesikhathi lapho abasebenzi bephonsa noma iyiphi inhlanzi esele emgodini bese ibhidliza phansi indawo yomsebenzi ukuyihlanza ngamanweba kanye ne-jellyfish. Ngokuvamile kunemizuzwana embalwa ukuphumula futhi uthathe isangweji noma indebe yekhofi phakathi kwama-tows. Phakathi ne-tow, induna kanye nomgibeli we-skiffman babambelele inetha elivuliwe ukuze inhlanzi ibhukude kuwo. Ekupheleni kwe-tow, uthisha utshela i-skiffman, ngomsakazo, ukuthi "vala." Lapho bezwa lokhu, ama-deckhands kanye nompheki wokupheka baphindela emuva emanzini abo kanye namagilavu ukuze bakwazi "ukukhipha igesi."
Ukuvala iNet
I-skiffman ivala umbuthano wenetha ngokushayela eceleni komkhumbi bese ivala ukuphela kwayo inetha kubasebenzi bepaki. Khona-ke uyahamba ngaphansi kwe-towline ehlanganiswe nomkhumbi.
Ukujikeleza ngaphesheya komkhumbi, ufaka elinye i-towline "emkhunjini omkhulu," ozoyidonsa nge-skiff ukuze abambe umkhumbi ngokuhambisana ne-net njengoba ebuyela emuva.
Lapho inetha "livaliwe," lilenga njenge-corral enkulu emzimbeni emanzini. Izinhlanzi ezigijima enetheni ngesikhathi sezinkinobho sezibanjwe manje, kodwa zisakwazi ukuphunyuka ngokushayela, ngoba phansi phansi inetha lihamba futhi, hhayi ukuphumula phansi.
Ukuvimbela ukuphunyuka kwabo, abasebenzi "bezimakethe" bavaliwe, besebenzisa i-winch enkulu egibele emkhunjini we-seiner. Bheka ngeso lengqondo umdwebo omude wokuvala imbobo engaphansi kwesigxobo esikhulu, isikhwama semifino. Yilokho okulandela. Uma usuqhubeka, sekuyisikhathi sokuba inetha lifike emkhunjini.
I-block block yenza ukunyuka okunamandla ekusebenzeni komzimba, kudonsa inetha emanzini nangaphezu kwegumbi.
Njengoba inetha lidlula egumbini lamandla, lihlehliselwa esiteji sokusebenza, lapho amalungu amabili noma abathathu abafaka khona emgqonyeni.
I-Fish
Izinhlanzi ziza emgodini engxenyeni yokugcina yenetha futhi zihanjiswa noma zingene emgodini noma ngqo emgodini. Ukudonsa imoto kuthatha imizuzu engaba ngu-15 kubaphathi abaningi kakhulu namuhla. Iqembu elisebenza kahle esikhwameni sekhanda elihlomele kahle lingagcwalisa amasethi angu-15 kuya kwangu-18 ngosuku.
Ngakho, lokho kukunikeza umbono wezinto okuthandayo ukuhlala nokusebenza emkhunjini wokudoba e-Alaska. Akuwona wonke umuntu, futhi nginomusa, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi ngumsebenzi omkhulu kakhulu wehlobo emhlabeni.
Ukwenza Inhlanhla e-Alaska
Sekuyiminyaka engamashumi amathathu kusukela ngangiqala ukuya enyakatho, futhi ngiyajabula ukuthi ngenza. Emva kwalolu daba lokuqala, amaphupho ami ezweni elihle nemali enhle yagcwaliseka njalo ngenkathi ngichitha lapho, kusukela kuKetchikan kuya eNicolski, ukusuka eNaknek ukuya eDutch Harbor. Yindawo enhle kakhulu, e-Alaska, futhi isengcono kakhulu, esiseduze kakhulu kuleli zwe "ezweni lomathuba." Okubaluleke nakakhulu, kusengamakhulu ngokwanele ukuthola amaphupho amaningi. Mhlawumbe wakho.
Omunye wake wathi "inhlanhla yenzeke lapho ukulungiselela kuhlangana nethuba." Ngakho-ke, thola imithombo ye-inthanethi engakwazi ukuhlinzeka kokubili lezozinto, futhi uzobe udutshulwa kahle ekwenzeni inhlanhla yakho e-Alaska.
Futhi njalo - njengoba ngangivame ukutshela abasebenzi bami ekuqaleni kwenkathi yonke - yiba smart, bephephile, nenhlanhla!