Ushamwari hwakagadzirirwa kuburikidza nehutano hwakagadzikana uye zvinetso zvakanaka.
Ndaive neropafadzo yekukura muSeattle, Washington, "yekumusoro-kuruoko rwekona kona" yeUnited States. Kwandiri, Alaska yaiva yehope dzisiri kure pane dzaive dzevana vanobva kuMaine kana kuFlorida, Arizona kana Texas. Vamwe vavo vakaramba vachisimudza ikoko, hongu, uye ini ndakatoona nhengo dzevarwi kubva kure kure seWales neIsrael munguva yangu pamahombekombe ekuredza Alaska. Asi ava vaiva vanhu chaivo; unorthodox mune zvakanyanya, unogona kutaura. Kunyanya kusagadzikana.
Kuenda kuAlaska
Asi zvakadini nevakapedza kudzidza kuchikoro chesekondari vachitsvaga kutanga, kana vadzidzi vekoroji avo vanoda kubhadhara chikoro uye kutenga mabhuku kuti vawedzere kurota kwavo? Ko zvakadini nemamiriyoni evanhu avo vanotarisa Vakafa Vanosvika paDiscovery Channel uye kamwe-kamwe vanonzwa kudhonza kwegungwa? Vakawanda vavo vanofunga nezvekuenda kuAlaska kunoshanda pachikepe chehove, zvakare.
Vane dzimwe pfungwa dzisinganzwisisiki dzezvinhu zvinoshamisa uye mari yakawanda, asi havana chavanoziva kuti vangapfuurira sei. Kana iwe uri mumwe wevanhu ivavo, unoenda sei kusvika kuAlaska uye uchiita mari?
Zvakanaka, iwe unogona kuzviita nenzira yandakaita. Iwe unogona kuparadzanisa pamwe makumi maviri nematanhatu, uye unofamba uchienda neBrithani Columbia, uchibvuma kutasva kubva kumarudzi evanhu uye vechitendero chekushingaira.
Kurara pasi pepikiniki tafura. Gamuchira chikepe kuSoutheast East Alaska, uye masendi gumi akasiyiwa. Famba mazhenje pasina chinangwa, uye pakupedzisira unobhadharwa pachikepe chehove usingatombozivi kuti ndechei. Iwe unogona kuzviita nenzira iyo, asi ini handikurudziri. Izvo zvandinokurudzira ndezvokuti iwe uone Internet kuti uone kana pane imwe nzira yekubatanidza nehove hove vatungamiri usati waenda kuchamhembe. Kana iwe ukatarisa munzvimbo dzakarurama, unogona kuwana ruzivo rwechokwadi pamusoro pebasa uye nengozi dzinobatanidzwa mukubata hove, pamwe chete nemubairo mukuru.
Kushanda paBhoti Rokuvhima
Saka, chii chakaita kushanda pahova yekubata hove? Zvakanaka, chinhu chekutanga kunzwisiswa ndechekuti Alaska inopfuura makiromita 9 000 emhenderekedzo yegungwa, uye zviuru zvezvikepe zvehove zvinoshanda ipapo, zvichitevera marudzi akasiyana siyana ezvokudya zvegungwa uye shellfish. Kubvira pamakumbo makumi matatu emakumbo ealmon anokonzera mitsetse yakaenzana uye zvikorekedzo zvakagadzirirwa muhove yakadzika-tech yakagadzirirwa kubata hove imwechete yakaisvonaka panguva imwe, kuva guru "factory trawlers" vane mambure akakura zvakakwana kumedza Astrodome, kune avo vanokonzera zvikepe anozivikanwa paDiscovery Channels "purogiramu yakaurayiwa," hapana mhinduro yakajeka kumubvunzo wekuti upenyu hwakaita sei pachikepe chehove.
Zvisinei, ini ndinogona kukuudza nezveimwe yezvinowanikwa zvakawandisa-yepamusoro-gigs iwe unogona kuenda ku Alaska; basa rezhizha pane chikepe chesaumoni chinonzi chikwama chechikwama (rinonzi "say-ner"). Ndiyo nzira yandakatanga nayo.
Iyo yakareba urefu hwevashandi vemari mune Alaska ndeye mamita 58. Icho chimiro chakasimbiswa nehurumende-chinogadziriswa chinorehwa nekudzivirira kukanganisa kwehove-kubata zvakanaka mukati mezvikepe. Sezvo zvikepe zvishoma uye zvakakura, zvinowanzova nyore. Purse seiners vanoshamiswa nyore nyore nekugadzira kwavo. Purse seiners vane chiremera chakaremara, kubva pari purogiramu chemafuro, achiwedzera aft vertically uye diagonally pamusoro pebasa rebasa. Kubva pahoom hangs simba rekugadzirisa, dhiramu rinotungidzirwa ne hydraulically rinotora mumambure kubva mumvura.
The Crew
Purse seiners vane chikwata chevashanu, kusanganisira mukuru.
Munhu wese anotarisirwa kumira chero nguva uye chero pese pane basa raifanira kuitwa, asi mamwe mabasa anokosha kazhinji, asi kwete nguva dzose, anowira kune vashandi vane ruzivo rwakaitika.
Mufambisi anotyaira basa rakakwirira remhepo, achikwevera kumucheto mumwe wehomwe yengarava yeganda sezvaanopinda mumvura uye anorongedza kubata. Anoshanda pamwe chete nemukuru , anotaura naye neredhiyo nezvekuchengetedza "chimiro" chemambure.
(Nenzira, tinoshandisa izwi rechimiro rinowanzoshandiswa kuti tinyatsogadzirira uye kudzivisa kusagadzikana kwegiramatic.Tinosarudzawo maitiro aya, zvisinei, nokuti takacherechedza kuti vakadzi vanoverengeka vatinoziva, vanoshanda mubhizimusi rekurove, vanozviti ivo " vabati vehove, "kusarudza mutambo wechihedheni kune izwi rezvematongerwo enyika-rakarurama asi risingazivikanwi," vabati vehove. "Chero zvazvingava, vakadzi vanowedzera kuwedzera kwemazana evashandi vose pamwe ne skipper. Tinonzwa zvakasimba kuti hove yeAlaska chikwata chiri nani kune vakadzi ava, uye isu tinofungidzira kuti vashomanana muzvikepe zvaisawirirana.)
Iyo injini , kazhinji kambani yevashandi vanodzoka kana "greenhorn" ane magetsi, inosungirwa kuchengeta injini nemichina mukushanda zvakanaka.
A greenhorn , nenzira, ichitsva uye isina ruzivo crewmember. Nguva dzose yeuka kuti vashandi vose uye mutungamiri mu Alaska kare vaimbova greenhorn. Greenhorns inowanzopiwa basa re deckhand.
Deckhands anoita zvishoma zvese uye anotarisirwa kuratidza chiito uye chido chokudzidza nguva dzose. Kuvhara mumambure sezvazvinosvika pabhiri; kugadzirisa mambure nemimwe midziyo sezvavanopfeka uye vachibvarura; kurova hove muhove-kubata; kununura kubata pakupera kwezuva; kumira ngoro-kurindira nekubatsira kuchengetedza chikepe chakanatswa mashoma emabasa asingaverengeki ayo achadzidziswa nevanoshamisika deckhand.
Kuenzaniswa nemabasa pamigwagwa yepambani kana zvikepe zve-halibut, zuva rebasa riri pabhodi realm seiner rakafanana nekufamba mupaki. Zvichienderana nezvakaitika kare, zvisinei, zvingangodaro kufamba kwakanyanya kunotarisirwa iwe wakambotora.
Mazuva akareba. Kana vatungamiri vekubata hove kupa zvikepe masikati mana, iyo inoreva kuti hove ichave yakasununguka kwemaawa makumi mapfumbamwe nematanhatu zvakananga. Mutungamiri wenyu, kunze kwekuti asingashamisi, acharamba achitsvaga kuti awedzere kubata panguva yekuzarura.
Izvozvo zvinoreva kubata hove kubva pakatanga chiedza kusvikira rima.
Making Sets
Pachikwama chechikwata, chikamu chikuru chebasa rezuva rinopiwa kudzokorora kwekugadzira zvigadziro. ("Gadza" ndiro izwi rakapiwa kugadziriswa uye kubvisa mambure, nzira inowanzoitwa kakawanda zuva rimwe nerimwe.)
Kuwanda kwekuchenesa kunoshandiswa zvikuru pedyo negungwa, uko zvikoro zvehove dzinoputika zvinowanikwa munzvimbo huru. Apo vashandi vanoongorora chigadziro uye zvigadzirwa zvokugadzirira, mutungamiri anoongorora mamiriro ezvinhu emvura uye iye zvino, chiedza, mhepo uye mufambiro unoonekwa wehove kuti aone kuti acharonga kupi. Panguva ino mubasa racho, chikepe chinosungirirwa kumhepo yakadzika, uye skiffman ari pachiteshi chake chechikepe mumhepo, uye injini inopinda mune zvematongerwe enyika.
Achisvika panzvimbo yake yakasarudzwa, mukuru wechikoro anozivisa varwi kuti vasunungure chikepe. Iye zvino akasunungurwa, uye achikwevera kumucheto mumwe wemambure, chikepe chinoshanduka uye motokari dzichienda panzvimbo, kazhinji dzinotarisana uye dziri pedyo nehombekombe dombo.
Mutungamiri anotyaira chikepe ichibva kure negwenga, uye ruya rwemaira-yakareba-refu runobuda kunze kwechemberi.
The Tow
Sezvo wokupedzisira wemambure inodonha museri wegungwa, mutungamiriri anononoka chikepe uye anotanga kutamba zvishoma nezvishoma pamusoro pemazuva ano pakuguma kwake, akabata mambure mukati memaitiro akafanana-akasiyana-siyana.
Purse seine mambure akavakwa muzvikamu zvitatu zvikuru: corkline pamwe nechepamusoro strung ne-buoyant floats inonzi "corks"; iyo inonzi "mesh") yemambure pachayo pasi peyo corkline, uye inorema inotungamirira (yakasviba, nylon line nemakona emutobvu akaiswa mukati mayo) pasi. Iko-corkline inofamba pamusoro pemvura, webhu hunoisa pasi mumvura sefence, uye mutevedzeri wakareruka unochengeta "fence" ichirembera zvishoma kana kuderera mumvura.
Iyo inosara inenge maminitsi makumi maviri, panguva iyo vashandi vanokandira hove ipi neipi yakasara pamatanda muchibato uye inoparadza nzvimbo yebasa kuti iibvise zvigungwa zvegungwa uye jellyfish. Iko kazhinji kazhinji maminetsi mashomanana okuzorora uye kubata sandwich kana mukombe wekofi panguva dzemashutu. Munguva yezvigunwe, mutungamiriri uye skiffman vari kubata mambure akazaruka kuitira kuti hove dzigone kushambira mairi. Pakupera kwechigamba, mutungamiri anotaurira skiffman, neredhiyo, kuti "ivhare." Pavanonzwa izvi, mapurikiti uye mubiki vanopedzisira vadzokera mumvura yavo yegasi uye magasi kuitira kuti vagone "kutora gear."
Kuvhura Net
Mufambisi anovhara denderedzwa remambure nokufambisa pedo nechokuita seiner uye achibvisa mugumo wake wemambure kune vashandi vanogadzira. Anobva adzorera kunze kwetotirairi yakanamatira seiner.
Anotenderera kune rumwe rutivi rwechikepe, anosungira imwe shongwe kune "chikepe chikuru," icho chaachakwevera nechokuita chikepe kuti chigadzire chinamato chakanyatsoenderana nemambure sezvo ichidzoka muchikepe.
Apo mambure "akavharwa," inenge ichirembera seyakura yakakura corral mumvura. Ihove iyo inopinda mumambure panguva yemvura yakabatwa ikozvino, asi inogona kupukunyuka nekudonha, kubva pasi pasi pemambure iri kutenderera zvakare, kwete kuzorora pasi.
Kuti vadzivise kupukunyuka kwavo, vashandi "zvikwereti" zvakavhara, vachishanda nehombodo huru yakasungirirwa pamusara we seiner. Chimbofungidzira chidimbu chenguva refu chivhara pasi pe giant, mesh bag. Ndizvo zvinoshandiswa. Pane imwe nguva iripo, inguva yekuti mumbure uuye mukati.
Simba rekuti simba rinosimudza rinorema pakushanda kwemhepo, richikwevera mumbure kunze kwemvura uye pamusoro pemasvingo.
Sezvo mumambure achipfuura nepasimba rekugadzirisa, inobva yasvitsa kunzvimbo yebasa, apo vaviri kana vatatu vashandi vanoiisa mumurwi.
The Fish
Ihove dzinouya nechokupinda muchikamu chekupedzisira chemambure uye dzinodururwa kana kuti padanda kana kuti zvakananga kupinda. Kutora gear kunotora anenge maminitsi gumi nemashanu kune vahedheni vakawanda nhasi. Vashandi vanobudirira pamushandi wezvokugadzira zvikwama zvinogadzirisa zvinogona kugadzirisa mashekeri makumi maviri neshanu pamasikati.
Saka, izvi zvinokupa maonero ezvakanaka kurarama nekushanda pahova yehove muAlaska. Hazvisi zvevanhu vose, uye ini ndakashamwaridzana, asi ndinofunga kuti ndiro basa guru muzhizha munyika.
Kuita Rava muAlaska
Yange yava makore anenge makumi matatu kubva pandakatanga kuenda kuchamhembe, uye ndinofara kuti ndakazviita. Mushure mokutanga kwenyanga, ndarota nyika dzangu dzakanaka uye mari yakanaka yakazadzika nguva dzose nguva yandakagara, kubva kuna Ketchikan kuenda ku Nikolski, kubva kuNaknek kusvika kuDutch Harbor. Iyi nzvimbo yakanakisisa, Alaska, uye ichi ndicho chakanaka, chinhu chapedyo chatinacho munyika ino kune "nyika yemukana." Zvinonyanya kukosha, zvichiri zvakakura zvakakwana zvezviroto zvakawanda. Pamwe yako.
Mumwe munhu akambotaura kuti "nhanho ndizvo zvinoitika apo kugadzirira kunosangana nemukana." Saka, zviwani iwe muIndaneti chinyorwa chinogona kupa zvose zvezvinhu izvi, uye iwe uchava nepfuti rakanaka pakuita iwe pachako maropafadzo mu Alaska.
Uye nguva dzose - sezvandaiwanzoudza vashandi vangu pakutanga kwemwaka wose - iva akachenjera, iva wakachengeteka, uye rakanaka!