Mike Rowe

Two skippers square off in a high stakes rivalry and the mysterious collapse of a deckhand summons a daring rescue at sea as an already vicious king crab season gets underway. A depleted fishery triggers restrictions that force captains to take huge gambles on remote and volatile fishing grounds to the far north while a violent arctic hurricane forecaster call "The Storm of the Century" descends on the Bering Sea.

Documents the dangerous and potentially lucrative job of crab fishing in the Bering Sea.

In the far northern reaches of the planet a rare breed of extreme fishermen still ply the Bering Sea. Adventure is their call, crab is their prey, and a one hundred million dollar plunder is their reward. Five skippers and their crews will endure boat-killing storms and mind-numbing working conditions, risking it all on the hunt for crab. In the end, they will all come to the realization that the most violent storms come from within. This year, there's...

"Peggy Rowe's story of growing up as the daughter of Thelma Knobel is filled with warmth and humor. But there's a Thelma in everyone's life. She's the person taking charge, the one who knows instinctively how things should be. Growing up, Peggy saw her mother as a benevolent, loving dictator. When major league baseball came to town in the early 1950s and turned sophisticated Thelma into a crazed Baltimore Orioles groupie, nobody was more surprised...

The real-life adventures of crab fishing boats in Alaska.

It was a year that captains and crews will never forget. Boat fires, sunken ships, addiction and some of the highest profits on record all proved that real life is always full of surprises. The season also saw one of the best Bering Sea pranks of all time, the return of the Cornelia Marie and Josh Harris as a boat owner. The Northwestern crew worked with their Captain's daughter and the Hillstrand family lived through a betrayal that will be felt...