Pics of F/V Northwestern Crew at work…

The Discovery website–which strives to be as interactive as possible these days–has a “Photo of the Week” section dedicated to Deadliest Catch images.  For each image,  readers and fans are encouraged to create a caption and eventually those “captions” are put up to vote so that a favorite one may be chosen.  The pictures below are [...]

Deadliest Catch Stars headed for Sarasota, Florida

These particular Deadliest Catch skippers began their journey or tour across the “lower 48″ by heading to Dover Downs, Delaware earlier this month.  They then travelled to the midwest for a night of feasting at Bob Chinn’s Crabhouse in Wheeling, Illinois.  The next stop for these “Bad Boys of the Bering Sea” is Sarasota, Florida, where [...]

New Mini series, Tuna Wrangers

That’s right.  Lobster Wars will begin airing towards the end of August (more on that later), but for now, what seems to be on our plate is a 2-part mini-series produced and filmed by Fox’s New Zealand based production company NHNZ (One note, the NHNZ reads as though there are 6 episodes, yet Discovery shows only 2 [...]

The F/V Aleutian Ballad bids farewell to commerical Fishing

In Deadliest Catch season 2, we were first introduced to the F/V Aleutian Ballad and her crew, and according to the Discovery channel, the AB (as we diehard fans like to call her) was to be a featured fishing vessel on the show in the following season. It didnt happen. According to Jeff Conroy, executive [...]

Best bargain of the 19th century: Alaska

Check for the Purchase of Alaska
Cancelled check in the amount of $7.2 million, for the purchase of Alaska, issued August 1, 1868; Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group 217; National Archives.
In 1866, a handful of americans and russians began hashing out and bartering over the sale/purchase of the [...]

Thriller novel set in Dutch Harbor, Alaska

Author Ren Knopf, a native to the New England area, has spent her life surrounded by sportfishing, airplanes, powerboats, and the ocean.  It’s no surprise then, that her latest endeavor should be a novel about suspense and mystery out in the Bering Sea. And what is especially interesting, is that the mystery takes place within the crab fishing industry [...]

The success of Deadliest Catch inspires another show

Original Productions which produces Deadliest Catch, Ice Road Truckers, the upcoming Lobster wars has got another reality docu-drama project just in the works and is holding casting calls this very week!  Sooner or later we’ll be watching a show called “Timber Country.”  Sounds pretty interesting so far, but can it stand up to the ultimate show [...]

The Sea Star Makes a move

First written 08/02/07 
The F/V Sea Star, captained by Larry Hendricks was a featured fishing vessel on both Deadliest Catch, season 1 and the mini series, Deadliest Season.  After being renovated to accomodate tourists and visiters, the Sea Star opened shop in Ketchikan, Alaska.  Sometime in the last two weeks, the Sea Star left port, sailed out of [...]