Discovery’s ‘Deadliest Catch’ heads for the ice … and danger

Just out from the Jamaica Gleaner…

Crab fishermen risk their lives in Alaska’s Bering Sea on ‘Deadliest Catch’, which begins its third season Tuesday night at 9 on Discovery Channel.The next time you pay the check for a plate of tasty crab in a seafood restaurant, you may want to take a moment to think about [...]

The Ocean Challenger

From Oct. 18, 2006 
Alaska Fishing Boat Ocean Challenger Sinks, 1 Survivor found, 2 Dead and 1 still missing
The 58-foot commercial fishing Ocean Challenger capsized Wednesday in the stormy Pacific Ocean, 90 miles south of Sand Point, Alaska. Four were on board the fishing boat. Moments before the boat capsized, the fishermen launched a life raft, [...]

KILLER CRABS

Just out from the New York Post…
WHY ‘DEADLIEST CATCH’ IS TV’S MOST DANGEROUS SHOW
By DON KAPLAN

Each year, $300,000 worth of production equipment is destroyed during filming.

March 30, 2007 — ‘DEADLIEST Catch” is the only reality show where someone is almost guaranteed to die each season.
The show follows the hardships and occasionally tragic ends of fishermen [...]

Vessels freed from Bering Sea ice blockade

By RACHEL D’ORO
The Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Five vessels spent at least 12 hours trapped by Bering Sea ice offshore of a remote Alaska island before forging a narrow escape through the giant floes early Thursday.
The 365-foot crab processor Independence, three crab boats and a freighter finally broke free early Thursday morning from the [...]

Ice Traps Five Boats

by  Wesley Loy of the Anchorage Daily News.
FLOES: Thirty minutes made the difference for one crabber to reach open water.

Three Bering Sea crab boats and two ships were stuck in sea ice late Wednesday, and nervous crews were hoping the wind and tide would soon shift the ice pack and free the vessels
“It’s an [...]

Deadliest Catch Season 3 Crews and Fishing Vessels!

 from the Discovery site. 
So who are these men, and, this season, women, risking their lives for their livelihood? Meet the crews of the eight boats featured during Deadliest
Catch 3.

Capt. Sig Hansen

 

Fishing Vessel: NORTHWESTERN
Sig Hansen revels in the strategy and competition of fishing. He has been a captain for the past 18 years, and is the [...]

Two Tragedies From Season 1 (Jan 05)

 from 2005 detailing the two tragedies that occurred at the beginning of opilio season in Deadliest Catch 1.  The photo is of Gary Edwards, captain of  the Big Valley.
 
Disaster hits crab fishery
TWO INCIDENTS: Kodiak vessel is believed to have sunk; 2 dead, 4 missing.
Two people were dead and four were missing in wind-tossed waters after [...]

Some of the Deadliest Catch 3 Crew Pictures

A 128-foot boat with the capacity to hold 312,000 pounds of crab, the Cornelia Marie was one of the fleet’s top-producing boats last year. In the upcoming third season, family dynamics are at the forefront as Captain Phil Harris, 50, and his son, Jake (left), break in Harris’ older son, Josh.
Photo courtesy of Discovery [...]