An arctic storm strikes; Elliott's problems on land continue.
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A massive storm causes headaches for the captains.
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An accident occurs aboard the Time Bandit.
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Jake leaves the Northwestern; Josh plans to buy his father's old boat.
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A dark secret is revealed; tempers flare on the Saga and the Seabrooke.
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Big changes are made while the hunt for blue crabs continues.
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Sig makes a tough decision; a showdown between the Saga and the Seabrooke takes an unexpected turn.
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Brutal competition leads to more deceit among the captains. Meanwhile, serious injuries plague the fleet; and Junior's betrayal of his alliance with Keith comes back to haunt him.
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A secret alliance is formed; the Northwestern crew face a surprise challenge.
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The captains eye comebacks in the Season 9 opener.
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A daring sea rescue is attempted.
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A look back at the first season of the series.
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Season 8 highlights.
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The fishermen discuss their defining moments.
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A deckhand makes a mistake as the opilio-crab season ends in the Season 8 finale.
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A deckhand makes a mistake as the opilio-crab season ends in the Season 8 finale.
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A dire situation manifests itself for two brothers; ice hampers the fleet's return to the Bering Sea.
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Ice creates problems on the opilio-crab grounds, prompting some captains to leave. Also: One of the vessels suffers a blackout.
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The ice begins to recede, allowing some boats to return to the crab grounds; one of the vessels suffers a blackout.
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Landlocked
Season 8, Episode 13
Ice creates problems on the opilio-crab grounds, prompting some captains to leave.
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The captains have a decision to make when polar ice encroaches on the opilio-crab grounds; a call home increases one captain's troubles.
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No Exit
Season 8, Episode 11
Polar ice challenges the fleet; the Northwestern and Wizard try to escape St. Paul Harbor.
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Northerly winds, polar ice and flaring tempers complicate crabbing efforts.
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A deckhand quits and two brothers fight at the start of the opilio-crab season.
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Poor hauls and quarrelsome crews vex the fleet near the end of the king-crab season.
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The Coast Guard is summoned after a greenhorn collapses on the Wizard, and a hurricane threatens the fleet.
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The collapse of a greenhorn on the Wizard prompts a call to the Coast Guard. Meanwhile, a hurricane bears down on the fleet.
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An emergency situation develops after a deckhand collapses on the Wizard.
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The skippers issue ultimatums to their youngest deckhands as the weak fall by the wayside and the crab counts dwindle. Also: The crews make equipment repairs halfway through the king-crab season.
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The crews make equipment repairs halfway through the king-crab season.
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The Hook
Season 8, Episode 4
The skippers issue ultimatums to their youngest deckhands as the weak fall by the wayside and the crab counts dwindle.
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Injuries and mental mistakes mount; the Time Bandit bids farewell to a crew mate.
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Cast members discuss their brushes with death.
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Fan tweets, interactive questions and clips are featured in this special following the fleet as the skippers are torn between two fishing grounds.
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Turf War
Season 8, Episode 2
A veteran returns to the red grounds while a captain's wager plays out in the blue grounds.
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Examining fisticuffs and feuds from the series' last seven seasons.
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A slashed quota for crabs forces the captains to make choices about where to fish in the Season 8 premiere.
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Profiling deckhands.
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Season 7 highlights.
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The Seabrooke captain is ill; the Northwestern gets revenge on the Time Bandit; the Cornelia Marie returns home to an uncertain future.
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A behind-the-scenes look at the seventh season of the crab-fishing reality series. Included: a rookie skipper's spat with a veteran producer; a seasoned captain's clash with a greenhorn cameraman.
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A fight almost breaks out on the Time Bandit; the Wizard captain physically assaults an unlikely victim; the skippers of the Cornelia Marie and the Seabrooke suffer debilitating injuries.
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The Island
Season 7, Episode 15
Boats go to St. Paul Island, a barren outpost surrounded by treacherous seas, to offload crab; a disgraced greenhorn leaves the Seabrooke; lines snap on the Wizard thanks to a harbor surge.
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A bait shortage starts a feud on the Cornelia Marie; a soft-spoken greenhorn gets schooled; a skipper contends with a breakdown.
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A loose pot wreaks havoc on the Kodiak; ice nearly crushes a crewman on the Seabrooke; the new skipper on the Cornelia Marina ventures into untested fishing grounds.
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A crewman's nose gets broken on the Northwestern; the Ramblin' Rose takes a gamble as a winter storm rips through the crab-fishing grounds; danger at the dock for the Time Bandit.
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Injuries mount and the captains weigh desperate measures as the fleet contends with an epic arctic storm.
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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.
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Spotlighting the greenhorns and the trials they face on the Bering Sea.
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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.
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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.
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Mutiny on the Cornelia Marie; a rogue wave imperils the Time Bandit; the Kodiak crew suffers breakdowns; a deckhand angers the Wizard skipper.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Bad fishing and empty pots erode morale and stoke tension.
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New Blood
Season 7, Episode 1
Two new captains emerge as the 2010 king crab season begins in the Season 7 premiere.
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Part 1 of 2. Season 6 highlights.
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Conclusion. Season 6 highlights.
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Conclusion. Two new captains emerge as the 2010 king crab season begins in the Season 7 premiere.
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Part 1 of 2. Two new captains emerge as the 2010 king-crab season begins in the Season 7 opener.
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Season 6 highlights.
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Endless
Season 6, Episode 16
Edgar confronts Sig on the Northwestern; Josh Harris boards the Cornelia Marie; a mayday call heralds the end of the Opilio season.
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A behind-the-scenes look at the crab-fishing reality series.
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Valhalla
Season 6, Episode 15
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.
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Saluting Capt. Phil Harris, who died on Feb. 9, 2010.
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A power struggle for the captain's chair erupts between Mike and Scott on the Time Bandit; Edgar Hansen schools his greenest deckhand; ominous weather awaits the fleet while Phil Harris fights for his life.
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Phil Harris fights for his life amid a clash between his sons; captains and crew mates turn on each other as the fleet slogs through the mid-season grinds.
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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.
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Season 3 highlights.
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Trouble for Capt. Phil Harris on the Cornelia Marie; Capt. Johnathan Hillstrand seeks warmer waters.
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Examining perilous moments weathered by crab, lobster and sword fishermen in this look at three dangerous U.S. fisheries.
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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.
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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.
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Ice bashing takes its toll on the fleet; an exhausted crew tries to keep up with the skipper's maniacal pace on the Northwestern.
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An ice storm arrives on the winter crab grounds; skipper Phil Harris faces hefty repairs and untimely delays when the Cornelia Marie runs aground.
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A skipper seeks out rare crabs and risks a mutiny in the process; a dangerous path lays between the Time Bandit and the final offload.
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The fifth week of the king crab season finds the Northwestern sailing into arctic seas while a storm impedes the Time Bandit's final offload.
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Things go awry when the deckhand swap ends with a high-seas transfer; tribulations on the Time Bandit.
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The deckhand exchange ends amid pranks and big waves during the third week of the king crab season; tensions flare between skippers and deckhands.
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A storm approaches during the second week of the king crab season; two junior deckhands try to adapt to different boats; veteran deckhands anger a captain.
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Slow Burn
Season 6, Episode 1
As the 2009 king crab season begins, a deckhand threatens to quit, and someone crosses the line at the captains' annual meeting in the reality series' sixth-season premiere.
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Season 5 highlights from the 2009 Opilio crab season.
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Part 1 of 2. Season 5 highlights.
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Highlights from the second season of the reality series are featured.
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In the fifth-season finale, a storm results in multiple Maydays in the last day of the 2009 Opilio-crab season, and the Coast Guard is summoned to save four men before their ship becomes wrecked by jagged rocks.
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An arctic storm front menaces the fleet near the end of the Opilio-crab season, and a tight-knit crew comes undone.
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A behind-the-scenes look at the fifth season of the crab-fishing reality series.
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The Coast Guard mobilizes after a massive arctic storm results in multiple maydays.
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Highlights from the crab-fishing reality series are featured.
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Serious mistakes ensue as the fleet becomes fatigued, and one fisherman must cope with a heartbreaking tragedy on land.
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The skippers take their crews to the far north after hearing about good fishing reports near the ice pack.
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The skippers must contend with frozen crabs, frozen gear and an icy harbor. Meanwhile, one captain struggles against his cigarette addiction and a wicked storm.
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Lockout
Season 5, Episode 11
An ice pack blocks the fleet from the St. Paul harbor, hampering the skipper's efforts to off-load their Opilio crab hauls.
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The third week of the Opilio crab season brings conditions that turn the crabbers crabby. Also: a skipper must contend with icy seas.
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The fleet reaches the Opilio fishing grounds, where the crews must contend with icy, treacherous seas and shoddy information concerning their quarry.
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The 2009 Opilio crab (aka snow crab) season begins. While the hauls make up for shortcomings endured during the king crab season, the fleet is imperiled by an oncoming ice pack and a monstrous rogue wave.
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Fished-out grounds create bleak conditions for the fleet as the king crab season winds down.
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Deadline
Season 5, Episode 6
The skippers face adversity in the form of an arctic storm, battles within the ranks and a drop in the price of king crab.
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Empty crab pots leave the skippers stumped while the long hours make their crews temperamental.
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Hazing incidents and grueling hours at sea test the greenhorns on the fourth week of the king crab season.
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A typhoon makes waves, and stories about a sunken ship cast a pall over the fleet.
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In the second week of the season, a brutal storm keeps the captains fixated on their radios as a distress call is made.
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The opener of the fifth season finds two captains combating life-threatening illnesses while the fleet strives to recover from debts incurred by summer repair bills.
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Part 1 of 2. Season 4 highlights are featured.
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Conclusion. Season 4 highlights are featured.
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Rival deckhands, a struggling greenhorn and a dying captain turn up in this look at highlights from the fourth season.
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The production crew is followed as they prepare the boats and themselves for the fishing season in a year with harsh winter storms that add danger to every task.
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As the boats race to catch the last remaining quotas, ice and equipment issues take precedence, and a Time Bandit crewman makes a near-fatal mistake working the hydraulic system; an ominous message sends the men back to port.
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Winter weather pushes Arctic pack ice south towards the fleet, forcing the Northwestern and the Wizard to deal with freezing spray; the crew of the Cornelia Marie suffers from "Bering Sea dementia" and Time Bandit's crew is close to a breakdown.
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The Northwestern crashes through the ice pack; the Wizard heads out with a new greenhorn and hot tempers; Captain Phil's health leaves his future on the Cornelia Marie uncertain, so the crew try to make it on their own; a near-fatal mistake occurs on the Time Bandit.
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Captain Phil is hospitalized, and Murray attempts to helm the Cornelia Marie; the Northwestern is destabilized by a crane problem; the Wizard begins leaking; a greenhorn ships out.
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Mortal Men
Season 4, Episode 12
Storm waves damage the decks of the Early Dawn, North American and Northwestern; a rib injury causes Capt. Phil to cough up blood on the Cornelia Marie, but he refuses medical attention until his crew stops work in protest.
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Capt. Johnathan joins the deck crew on the Time Bandit and has an accident while showing off his skills; the Northwestern crew angers Capt. Sig; Lenny from the Wizard barely escapes a huge wave; a North American greenhorn is hazed.
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Blow Up
Season 4, Episode 10
A routine Coast Guard rescue becomes anything but; the Cornelia Marie heads in for repairs; fatigue causes errors on the Northwestern; a greenhorn locks horns with Capt. Keith on the Wizard; the Time Bandit looks for better grounds.
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Opilio season begins, but a dual storm system threatens the patched-up Cornelia Marie and nearly costs Time Bandit two men; a medical emergency brings in the U.S. Coast Guard, but freezing spray endangers everyone.
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As King Crab season draws to a close, the Northwestern is slowed by a deck accident. Meanwhile, the Cornelia Marie has an inopportune power outage; the North American does a "Hail Mary" play; and the Wizard and Time Bandit compete for a prize.
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As king-crab season comes to an end, the crew is dismayed when the pots come back filled with stinging jellyfish instead of the desired catch; the Cornelia Marie could lose Capt. Phil Harris for good; crew errors onboard the Northwestern add up.
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As king-crab season comes to an end, the size of the crews' paychecks depends on their captain's skills; Capt. Johnathan has good luck fishing on the Time Bandit, but the same can't be said for the crew and boat; the North American rejoins the fleet.
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No Mercy
Season 4, Episode 5
Tempers are short onboard Wizard and Northwestern; the Time Bandit has a dangerous electrical short; Phil's health worsens on the Cornelia Marie; Early Dawn hits high seas when its greenhorn falls asleep at the wheel.
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Sig and Edgar have a "last man standing" contest to see who can fish the longest without sleep aboard the Northwestern; Time Bandit's Capt. Johnathan has a close call; the crews of the ships begin to feel the pressure for a successful catch.
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A mechanical problem on the Northwestern prompts a risky repair, while a questionable crab count makes Sig flip out; some of the greenhorns on Wizard stand out because of their hard work; the crew of the Cornelia Marie is affected by Phil's poor health.
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The crews head to sea to stake their claims on coveted fishing grounds; the Time Bandit crew pulls a prank; one of the new Wizard crewmates is having a tough time after just two days.
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In the fourth-season opener, the crab-fishing fleet prepares to sail into the Bering Sea after some crucial repairs are made on the Northwestern, two new crewmates are trained on the Wizard and Johnathan's son Scott joins the crew of the Time Bandit.
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Conclusion. A retrospective of the third season.
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Part 1 of 2. A retrospective of the third season.
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The 2007 opilio crab tally is in and a winner is declared. Meanwhile, some of the greenhorns have become successful, but others will not return.
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Crews weigh the risks against a possible rich haul.
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Greenhorns on the crab boats are put to the test as a new deckhand on the Wizard begins to falter after three days, while newbies on the Northwestern and Cornelia Marie fare better.
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Favorite moments from Season 2, as five crab boats experience some of the worst weather in over a decade on the Bering Sea.
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The Northwestern has a string of bad luck that puts the crew a week behind schedule; Captain Sig drops all of his gear far north of the rest of the fleet and crosses his fingers.
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A major storm system arrives early in the Opilio season, and high seas cause Captain Andy of the Time Bandit to call his men off deck, seconds before a rogue wave slams into the starboard side.
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Opilio crab season opens, and first-time crewmen experience the brutal Bering Sea and bone-chilling weather.
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Highlights from the series' first year include dangers, adventures and disasters encountered during the crab-fishing season.
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The 2006 red king-crab fishing season ends, and Sig Hansen and the Northwestern crew finish a 30-hour shift and head for home; Phil Harris of the Cornelia Marie returns to Dutch Harbor with no injuries.
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As king-crab season wanes, Capt. Hillstrand on the Time Bandit starts dropping gear; Capt. Hansen of the Northwestern hauls in pots full of keepers; the crew of the Wizard struggle to make their final offload.
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The pots are baited and set, and the fisherman anxiously await the captain's call to begin fishing, and the first pot pulled sets the mood.
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The crews are working 40 hours without sleep, and equipment failures and weather make things even more perilous. The Maverick and Far West Leader stop for repairs, and the Time Bandit picks up a crewman who fell overboard from another ship.
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A deckhand on the Wizard suffers a devastating injury and the captain heads for shore; a deckhand on the Northwestern worries about jail time.
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The fleet and the Coast Guard search for survivors of a sunken fishing boat; the equipment on the Northwestern & Cornelia Marie fails; the Time Bandit and the Maverick have contrasting catches.
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Conclusion. Spotlighting five boats from the second season of the crab-fishing series.
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Part 1 of 2. Spotlighting five boats from the second season of the crab-fishing series.
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The third season opens at the end of the red-king-crab season. Captains and crews are on the Bering Sea fishing for opilio crab in subzero arctic weather, 60-mph winds and turbulent seas, forcing deckhands to spend hours clearing ice with sledgehammers.
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Cashing In
Season 2, Episode 12
As the end of the crabbing season draws near, the fleet scrambles to catch as much product as possible and get safely back to port.
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The Rollo and the Maverick head back to the crab grounds after off-loading lots of product on St. Paul Island, but the Rollo's captain is angry with his crew due to a miscalculation.
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Freezing weather and ice take out a deckhand on the Cornelia Marie; the Time Bandit negotiates the ice pack; a broken brace on the Maverick is jury-rigged by the crew.
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The Rollo perseveres through bad weather; the crew of the Maverick suffer a ship-wide flu epidemic; the Cornelia Marie can't find any crab.
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Long hours and short catches make the crews of the Maverick and Rollo short-tempered; the Time Bandit heads north into the storm; the Northwestern goes off course.
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An arctic storm roils the seas in the crab grounds, and fishing becomes perilous for the Rollo and the Maverick. Meanwhile, the Cornelia Marie sits in port for a third day.
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In Dutch Harbor, Alaska, crews prep their boats for Opilio crab-fishing season.
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A storm creates a rogue wave that takes the ship and crew by surprise, stalling the engines and knocking out the navigation equipment.
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Capt. Sig Hansen and the crew of the Northwestern make a profit on Akutan Island with their last catch, and proceed back out for more Alaskan king crab.
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Despite a raging storm, the crab-fishing fleet persists is going after Alaskan king crab.
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The crab-fishing fleet enjoys rare calm weather on the Bering Sea in October, but the forecast calls for a storm and the decision to stay or run must be made.
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Part 1 of two featuring highlights from the first season.
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The second season begins by examining new rules and regulations that attempt to set safer standards for the crab-fishing industry, but the potential for injury and disaster remains high on the stormy, frigid Bering Sea, as captains now have months instead of days to make their quota.
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Highlights from previous episodes include dangers, adventures and disasters encountered during the crab-fishing season.
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The final 24 hours finds many of the boats loaded to the brim with crabs, with one ship attempting to rig extra storage space on deck, as all the crews begin the race back to port and competition for the best spot in line at the processor.
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Rumors of a possible closure prompt the men to work even harder; one of the captains abandons the Northern fishing grounds.
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The third day of fishing gets under way, and unseasonably warm weather and calm seas contribute to record catches for the fleet. However, an electrical fire breaks out in the engine room of one ship.
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Six lives have been lost 12 hours into the season.
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One of the ships sinks in the Bering Sea and the crew is missing; other boats head out to search for them.
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The Opilio crab season is about to begin at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, and 171 boats prep for the voyage.
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Less than 12 hours remain in the crab season and the crews rush to fill their holds, but heavy seas and mechanical problems slow them. The boats unload at the processing plant on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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Lady Luck
Season 1, Episode 3
Forty-two hours into the season, the Alaskan Department of Fish and Game announces an early closure, and each boat has 24 hours to pull up their pots.
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The fishermen spend the night baiting and setting the crab pots, and those pulling up empty traps scramble for a strategy to make up for a lost catch.
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Debut: Profiling crab fishermen in Alaskan waters. First up: Fifteen hundred fishermen converge on Dutch Harbor, Alaska, for the beginning of the Alaskan King Crab season. They have the potential to earn a year's wages in one week.
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Fifteen hundred fishermen converge on Dutch Harbor, Alaska, for the beginning of the Alaskan King Crab season. They have the potential to earn a year's wages in one week.
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A behind-the-scenes look at the third season of the crab-fishing reality series.
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