The Bering Sea holds the secret to Alaskan Gold, the highly lucrative and elusive…King Crab. With a new set of rules to abide by the ships and the crews will have new deadlines, more stress, and more dangerous conditions. With forty-foot waves, 700 pound crab pots, freezing temperatures and your mortality staring you in the face…this job ranks as one of the deadliest. Any time spent of the Bering Sea is dangerous, we watch crews race to meet their quota and make it home safely.
The Seabrooke captain fights an agonizing illness.
Northwestern takes revenge on the Time Bandit.
The Cornelia Marie comes home for the last time?
Waters of St. Paul Island make offloading crab a terrifying necessity. A harbor surge snaps lines on the Wizard while another greenhorn walks off the Seabrooke in a cloud of shame.
A bait shortage starts a feud on the Cornelia Marie; a soft-spoken greenhorn gets schooled.
A loose pot turns into a half-ton wrecking ball on the Kodiak, while a crewman on the Seabrooke is nearly crushed by ice. On the Cornelia Marie, the new skipper courts mutiny with a move to untested fishing grounds.
Spotlighting the greenhorns and the trials they face on the Bering Sea.
Opilio crab season begins; a new captain skippers the Cornelia Marie; the Northwestern bids farewell to one of their own; an arctic storm shuts the fleet down.
The King Crab season ends with an arctic storm; the Time Bandit crew plays a prank on the Northwestern; a revered fisherman makes an exit.
A confrontation on the Cornelia Marie brings the police; a deckhand sustains a career-ending injury on the Kodiak; an incident on the Ramblin' Rose prompts the skipper to have a change of heart.
Mutiny on the Cornelia Marie; a rogue wave imperils the Time Bandit; the Kodiak crew suffers breakdowns; a deckhand angers the Wizard skipper.
Two crew members almost get into a fight on the Northwestern; a deckhand falls asleep at the wheel and sends the Wizard toward a fleet of nearby vessels.
A greenhorn has a breakdown on the Seabrooke; an injury sidelines a crew member on the Kodiak; a storm bears down on the Cornelia Marie.
Jake Harris learns how to drive the Cornelia Marie; a dangerous situation unfolds aboard the Wizard as a crew mate gets caught in the line.
The 2010 crab season begins with fresh blood in the fleet and two new skippers: Scott Campbell Jr. on the Seabrooke & Elliot Neese on the Ramblin' Rose.
Summary: Tension runs high on the Northwestern, as Edgar Hansen is fed up with the 22 year marathon of pain, confronts his older brother Sig. Josh Harris returns to the Cornelia Marie and the Opilio Season ends with a h...
Summary: Edgar confronts Sig on the Northwestern; Josh Harris boards the Cornelia Marie; a mayday call heralds the end of the Opilio season.
Summary: Capt. Phil Harris passes away while the fleet faces the biggest storm of the season. Later, Josh alerts the crews about his father's death.
Summary: The Time Bandit's deck disintegrates as Mike and Scott fight for the captain's chair; Edgar Hansen trains his greenest deckhand on the hydros; Phil Harris battles for his life.
Summary: Drama dominates the crews of the fleet during the mid-season grind. Jake and Josh Harris suffer a new falling-out with their father's life hanging in the balance.
Summary: Phil Harris is critically ill and is flown to Anchorage for medical care; Andy Hillstrand trains a deckhand to be a relief skipper on the Time Bandit.
Summary: Trouble for Capt. Phil Harris on the Cornelia Marie; Capt. Johnathan Hillstrand seeks warmer waters.
Summary: A dark secret is revealed on the Cornelia Marie; a Coast Guard helicopter attempts a dangerous rescue mission; heavy ice chunks become hazardous on the deck of the Time Bandit.
Summary: The Coast Guard is summoned regarding a heart attack; the Time Bandit faces an emergency; the Cornelia Marie tries out difficult fishing grounds in the Bering Sea.
Summary: Ice bashing takes its toll on the fleet; an exhausted crew tries to keep up with the skipper's maniacal pace on the Northwestern.
Summary: The Cornelia Marie runs aground leaving Skipper Phil to face another massive repair; a huge ice storm forces the skippers to dump icy pots or capsize.
Summary: A boat-crippling passage stands between the Time Bandit and its final offload; a skipper risks mutiny in the hunt for a rare crab species.
Summary: A storm stands between the Time Bandit and its final offload; the Northwestern heads into arctic seas in search of an elusive crab.
Summary: Captain Sig and Captain Phil try to retrieve their junior deckhands with a high seas transfer but there is a sudden change of plans when treacherous tides hit.
Summary: Phil and Sig's experiment in trading junior deckhands comes to a close on the third week of hunting King crab.
Summary: A storm looms as the fleet catches its first haul of crabs; a greenhorn gets cramps after just a few pots; two junior deckhands are tested on unfamiliar boats; veterans try a skipper's patience.
Summary: The 2009 King crab season begins with tensions at an all time high. One deckhand threatens to quit, while another sets his pre-mature sights on the wheelhouse. When the captains gather for their annual meeting,...
