GirlGI | Girl Gone International GirlGI Issue 3 | Page 106

How has this work influenced you professionally? The best and hardest parts of working on a ship? Working onboard can be addictive! I’m currently looking for other opportunities that will allow me to travel and work. I never want to work a regularly scheduled office job again! It’s an amazing experience to wake up each morning and be in a new place with a day full of unique adventures and experiences ahead of you. How has this work influenced your personal life? I now have friends from all over the world! In a way you start to feel as if you’re living a double life with one home and family onboard and another on land. It’s both strange and exciting that the two rarely combine. Once you’ve worked on a ship a part of your mind and heart will always be onboard. Lofoten, Norway My days often start at 7 or 8 in the morning and don’t end until 10 in the evening so it can be hard to make the time to enjoy the experience of being at sea. Best memory on the ship to date? While the ship was in Greenland above the Arctic Circle the sun never set. On the way to the Ilulissat Icefjord around 3 in the morning the light was perfect and a light layer of fog was rolling in. I sat up and took photos for hours that night and spent time reflecting on life.