Before complaining about the market price of Alaska king crab, check out this gripping documentary series, revealing the mortal perils and intense discomfort that fishing crews face to catch the delicacy; those perils include 40-foot waves, 700-pound crab pots that can easily crush a careless crewman, and freezing temperatures around the clock.
With half the crab boats tied up, Sig devises a plan to save the fishery from destruction. As Johnathan Hillstrand returns to help, veterans try to work together.(S17,E01)
When Mandy devises a plan for partnering, Sig must rethink his own tactics. On the Time Bandit, John and Josh conspire to outmanoeuvre a Russian captain.(S17,E02)
As hundreds of dolphins lead the Summer Bay into an approaching cyclone, Jake attempts a daring rescue. Sig makes a controversial call to save the fishery.(S17,E03)
Wild Bill's crew fights a mid-gale power outage, but the days are numbered for their greenhorn. Josh and Casey attempt Johnathan's strategy for tracking king crab.(S17,E04)
As a typhoon hits the Bering Sea, the Southern Wind collides with the Summer Bay. Casey hunts for the elusive bairdi crab, and Sig gambles all his pots in one spot.(S17,E05)
The Time Bandit and Northwestern are struggling so they decide to join forces and throw cages down on either side of the restricted zone.(S17,E06)
With the Bairdi fishery open for the first time in years, Josh and John on the Time Bandit ask Casey and Sig to help tank the fleetwide quota.(S17,E07)
Time Bandit and Cornelia Marie race for the last spot at the cannery. Sig rallies his fellow captains with an unconventional plan after an emergency shutdown.(S17,E08)
The fleet reels from the loss of deck boss Nick. Wizard and Cornelia launch early into a massive Arctic storm. Plus, shocking news forces Sig to change his plans.(S17,E09)
When Johnathan trusts his instincts more than his partners, the Time Bandit appears in the Northern Grounds just as Josh and Casey need him most.(S17,E10)
As seawater floods in, Wild Bill's crew rushes to find a hole in the Summer Bay's hull. Johnathan faces a fire on the Time Bandit and the Saga has a hydraulic failure.(S17,E11)
A catastrophic collapse of the Northwestern's crane leaves Sig and Mandy with no way to haul pots. On the Cornelia Marie, a deckhand narrowly escapes disaster.(S17,E12)
Wild Bill enlists Jake's diver to attempt a risky underwater repair. Sig makes a desperate bid to save his gear from the descending ice pack.(S17,E13)
Sig and Mandy rush to re-join the fray ahead of a fast-moving ice edge. On the Cornelia Marie Josh and Casey's race to save their pots comes at a heavy cost.(S17,E14)
A wound side-lines Wild Bill's new rail man and injuries on the Time Bandit take out two crew. Josh and Casey apply frontier medicine to a bleeding deck boss.(S17,E15)
As canneries unexpectedly change delivery rules, captains must race to get to the front of the line. Jake risks a daring entry into St. Paul harbour.(S17,E16)
Captains scramble to meet an expanded quota in the path of a violent storm system. A breakdown on the Wizard puts Monte in debt to the Time Bandit.(S17,E17)
An Arctic storm blasts the fleet as Sig ventures to waters he hasn't fished in 17 years. The Time Bandit steers into 30-foot waves in a risky run toward Russia.(S17,E18)
Josh and Casey follow a blind tip from an unknown fisherman into uncharted waters. Johnathan fears for the worst when Freddy lands in the icy Bering Sea.(S17,E19)
Jake battles a hurricane in the fleet's smallest boat while Keith orders crew over the rail to avoid capsizing. Johnathan's crew scrambles to locate a hoard of crabs.(S17,E20)
When processors shut down due to outbreaks, captains take inordinate risks to deliver in rough seas. Josh and Casey race to deliver live crab after their pump fails.(S17,E21)
Keith risks pushing through jagged ice in search of the Wizard's lost pots. Wild Bill overturns the Summer Bay and a beloved crewman makes the ultimate sacrifice.(S17,E22)