Crab fishing crews leave Dutch Harbor to work the Bering Sea in freezing weather, hauling heavy steel pots on a slick deck while a short season runs out, for a big payday.
Starring Sig Hansen, Bill Wichrowski, Keith Coulburn
Dangerous-job documentaries and crew banter suit this one, and you need no fishing knowledge. Mike Rowe narrates in a gravelly voice that links the boats, while a mock radar map shows where each vessel sits against the others. Every season, rookie greenhorns get the worst jobs and a hard time from veteran deckhands until they earn their place.
Later seasons fish under a quota system that slows the early rush against the clock, and the focus shifts toward captain rivalries and boat swaps.
Crab fishing crews leave Dutch Harbor to work the Bering Sea in freezing weather, hauling heavy steel pots on a slick deck while a short season runs out, for a big payday.
Starring Sig Hansen, Bill Wichrowski, Keith Coulburn
Dangerous-job documentaries and crew banter suit this one, and you need no fishing knowledge. Mike Rowe narrates in a gravelly voice that links the boats, while a mock radar map shows where each vessel sits against the others. Every season, rookie greenhorns get the worst jobs and a hard time from veteran deckhands until they earn their place.
Later seasons fish under a quota system that slows the early rush against the clock, and the focus shifts toward captain rivalries and boat swaps.