- The footage shows inside a cabin of a container ship sailing the North Sea
- As the vessel passes through rough waters worker’s belongings fly everywhere
- Crew member films choppy waves outside as his room is turned upside down
Footage shows how a ship worker’s room was almost turned upside down by stomach-churning North Sea waters.
A clip filmed by a man on board a container ship reveals the terrifying reality of working at sea.
The video shows furniture sliding from one side of the man’s cabin to another, with his possessions strewn all over the floor.
Footage shows how a ship worker’s room (pictured) was almost turned upside down by stomach-churning North Sea waters
The video shows furniture sliding from one side of the man’s cabin to another, with his possessions strewn all over the floor
As a chair crashes from side to side, a set of speakers falls off his desk and smashes on the floor.
The member of staff struggles to open the curtains but eventually succeeds to reveal the waves outside.
The North Sea is notorious for stormy conditions, particularly around the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Denmark and low-lying areas of eastern England such as East Anglia.
Although extremely rare, the waters are known to experience tsunamis. The most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the UK back in 1931 originated in the North Sea, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale.
Floods caused by the North Sea in 1953 and 1962 devastated several countries and claimed thousands of lives.
The clip, recorded in an unknown location this week, sees the man run out of his room along a corridor to the outer deck in a bid to find a more settled area of the ship.
The clip, recorded in an unknown location this week, sees the man run out of his room along a corridor to the outer deck (pictured) in a bid to find a more settled area of the ship
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