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    What to Do If You Get Seasick on Dry Land

    by Eliza Strickland Nov 17, 2016 4 minutes

    This article originally appeared on our blog, Facts So Romantic, in December 2014.

    In July of 2014, Chris Perry went on an Alaskan cruise with her family to celebrate her parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. When she boarded the massive Norwegian Sun cruise ship, she felt “a little woozy and weird” from the boat’s gentle rocking, she remembers, but the sensation quickly faded. Perry didn’t feel seasick at all during the rest of the cruise, and spent a happy week marveling at the glaciers. But while standing in the Anchorage airport to catch her flight home to San Francisco, she suddenly felt the ground moving under her, undulating with the gentle rhythm of waves.

    Many people have experienced

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