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CABIN FEVER - MICHAEL SMITH JONATHAN FRANKLIN K...

On 7 March 1 200 tourists  including Americans  Australians  Canadians  Brits and Europeans 
gathered on the dock in Buenos Aires  Argentina  to board Holland America's 780-foot long 
ten-story tall Zaandam for a 31-day South American cruise of a lifetime. Few on board had heard
of the virus as they set sail. No one could imagine the extraordinary sequence of events that
was about to unfold on the high seas. The tension rises and falls as passengers hear the news
about the outbreak on land and the first signs of it appear on ship. Then the Zaandam is
prevented from docking in port after port. At one point their passage is blocked by a Chilean
naval cutter with guns raised. In an attempt to manage the rising number of casualties onboard
the sister ship Rotterdam is called into action to meet the Zaandam on the high seas to take
some of the passengers and transfer some of their staff to the Zaandam to help out. A high-risk
manoeuvre in rough conditions that few would attempt. Only the crew of the Rotterdam don't know
about the Covid outbreak on the sister ship until it is too late. Some of the crew try to
mutiny and lock themselves in their cabins. Meanwhile diplomats are desperately trying to
negotiate for the Zaandam and the Rotterdam to sail down the Panama canal. A nail-biting
journey through very narrow waters akin to threading a needle. Cabin Fever is a story layered
with moments of kindness  peril and perseverance. A remarkable tale that is filled with
individual acts of heroism  the struggles and the tragedies of the crew and passengers.

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