Chapter 34

• The ship started to swell in the middle of the South Pacific about three in the morning. The ship is sailing on its way to Fiji. Captain Magnus wakes up as the phone rings in his cabin. The watch officer on the bridge is calling the captain and asking for some directions.
• Annika was awakened by the captain, who had dressed, saying, "Hey, Annika, I'm going up to the bridge; we're in a rough sea; there's a tropical cyclone approaching, and I need to direct the ship to safer waters." Annika was trying to understand what the captain had just said when she said, "Carl, I need to go back to my cabin; it's too rough for me.
• The captain said, "You be careful, as the ship is swelling too much." Annika successfully made it to her cabin. In order to ensure safe sailing in rough seas, the captain stepped up to the bridge and adjusted the ship's course and speed as necessary. He also looked at any offshore forecasts for the approaching tropical cyclone.