Working on the barge Captain Bulganin. Part 3

In the first and second parts, I talked about technical issues and working on the pipe-laying barge "Captain Bulganin."

In conclusion, I want to share a bit about the daily life on the barge - accommodation, food, etc.

Basically, everyone on the barge lives in 4-person cabins, except for the management and other important guests.

From the outside, it looked like many containers stacked on top of each other, but each had a split system.

Inside it looked like this

A small table

And a sink in each cabin

And this view

In the evenings, you could fall asleep to the sound of the sea

And during the day it was something like this

Then we walk through the corridors where the safety equipment is located

And we enter the head

There was a sink, toilets, and a washer with a dryer. You could do laundry at any time, just catch a free moment.

There were also showers nearby with the same beautiful view.

Overall, everything related to living was quite comfortable. You could get bed linen and towels whenever you wanted.

By the way, you couldn’t drink water from the tap since it was seawater; bottled drinking water was provided specially.

Food and equipment deliveries looked like this.

You could watch when fresh vegetables arrived :)

As for food, we had to eat in the canteen three times a day at specific times.

You served yourself food according to your needs.

When those deliveries were regular, it was quite good, but sometimes they were delayed, and we had to eat the same thing for several weeks.

The compote on the table was unlimited; when it ran out, they brought more.

In general, everyone ate quite quickly. The place was not designed for everyone, so it was not desirable to sit for a long time.

And here all this food was prepared.

Between meals or after dinner, you could take a little walk and enjoy the views.

I worked during the day, usually from 9 to 6, right here.

Mostly, I had to fix something for users and calm them down due to the lack of the internet.

Sometimes sorting out various cables.

After a couple of weeks on the barge, the communications team arrived to set up satellite internet, and I helped them as much as I could.

They needed to run several cables in the dispatchers' container where I worked and set up the equipment.

It was a bit cramped, but they managed.

I remember they also needed to fabricate various metal parts, so I went with them to the mechanics.

In the end, this satellite antenna appeared on the roof.

After they left, there was a free Wi-Fi hotspot left behind, and I decided to set it up to give people some internet access.

The speed was very slow, but everything worked.

By the way, the weather was varied, it was the North after all.

Sometimes there was light rain like this

And sometimes there were strong storms

But every few days, you could see beautiful sunsets

Sometimes there were surprises like this during work

By the way, here are some shots of how the managers lived

Usually, they had their own rooms with more space

So, a couple of months passed at sea

And then the road home

The way back was the same as to the barge - through the closed city of Yamburg

I managed to walk around a bit there in good weather

Already familiar dorm where I had to spend the night when I was going to the barge

And back through the tundra towards Novy Urengoy

After spending the night in another dorm, we flew to Moscow in the morning

That's how the story went.