Season 3 · Episode 4 — Cheating Death
Despite the tragedies, fatigue, equipment problems, and weather the crews push on. Boats and crews are working forty hours with no sleep, making this dangerous job even more dangerous. With the Bering Sea still claiming victims crews are questioning decisions, working who will be the next victim.
Season 3 episodes
E1The 2006 Crab season is underway in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Fishing vessels and crews are preparing for the harsh conditions they will endure…
E2Fishing is put on hold for boats in the area of where a fellow vessel sank, fellow fishermen search with the Coast Guard to locate survivor…
E3The Bering Sea is relentless this season, claiming one life after another. The high seas are a dangerous place to work, a deckhand on board…
E4Despite the tragedies, fatigue, equipment problems, and weather the crews push on. Boats and crews are working forty hours with no sleep, m…
E5The bright light at the end of the 2006 King Crab season is upon the fleet. Captains and crews muster up one final push for dropping gear,…
E6The 2006 King Crab season has come to a close, so the Captains head back to Dutch Harbor. Despite the tragedy at sea, mechanical problems,…
E7As the Opilio crab season opens, several greenhorns are about to experience the subfreezing temperatures and icy winter waters of the Berin…
E8A couple of days into the Opilio crab season a major storm system hits the fishing fleet. Forcing many captains to call their crews off the…
E9Forced back to port because of a blown engine, the Northwestern, a week behind is now back on the fishing grounds. Capt. Sig hopes that put…
E10Several greenhorns are put to the test as the Bering Sea's harsh winter weather deteriorates. The one on the Wizard is already faltering un…
E11The 2007 Opilio Crab season continues to march on despite the dangerous risks faced by the fleet.
E12The 2007 Opilio season has been long, cold, dangerous, and filled with problems. Now, the captains and their crews hurry back to unload des…