Episode 1
Aired Apr 19, 2022
Long Live King Crab!
Sig pursues invasive Russian king crab in Norway; Jake mortgages his beloved Saga; John chases golden kings; Josh reunites with a lost Harris brother.
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Episode 1
Aired Apr 11, 2023
King Crab Is Dead
Captains John Hillstrand and Sig Hansen rally their fellow Dutch Harbor skippers to devise a new fishing strategy that will help them turn the tide of a life-or-death season or face financial ruin due to the closure of the king crab fishery.
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Episode 2
Aired Apr 26, 2022
No Sleep Till Rescue
An Arctic storm slams the fleet, which is already reeling from the closure of king crab season; Johnathan sets pots deeper than ever before; Sig struggles to launch his Norwegian operation; a deckhand fights for life on the Patricia Lee.
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Episode 2
Aired Apr 11, 2023
King Crab Is Dead
John and Sig rally their Dutch Harbor skippers to devise a new strategy to help turn the tide of their life-or-death season.
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Episode 3
Aired May 3, 2022
One Hell of a Story to Tell
With his deckhand crushed by pots, Capt. Rip charges into the Arctic storm to attempt one of the riskiest USCG helicopter rescues in recent history; John fights to save the Time Bandit at anchor; Sig takes his first Norwegian rogue wave.
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Episode 4
Aired May 10, 2022
Invasive Russian Reds
Sig struggles with a Norwegian crewman who thinks he knows more than the captain; Capt. Wild Bill fights to save his boat from the rocky Norwegian coastline with a line snarled in his propeller; Keith's greenhorn faces a violent brush with death.
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Episode 4
Aired May 10, 2022
Crushed at Sea
Capt. Sig launches his operation in Norway; facing an Arctic storm, Johnathan sets pots deeper than ever; a one-ton anchor pot crushes a deckhand, causing disaster for Capt. Rip Carlton.
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Episode 5
Aired May 17, 2022
Desperate Measures
When Shyanne discovers a serious breach on the Saga, Jake and his crew scramble to save it from capsizing; in Norway, Sig drops pots on Russia's western line; as canneries close their doors, Josh and Casey call in a last-minute favor from Johnathan.
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Episode 6
Aired May 3, 2022
Five Souls on Board
Desperate to reach helicopter range before his deckhand dies, Capt. Rip charges into an Arctic storm to attempt the riskiest USCG rescue in recent history; Sig takes his first Norwegian rogue wave; John struggles to save the Time Bandit.
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Episode 6
Aired May 17, 2022
Depth Charge
In the extreme north of Norway, Sig risks dropping pots on the Russian line; as water floods the Saga's engine room, Jake scrambles to save his boat and his niece; Josh and Casey call in an undeserved favor from Johnathan.
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Episode 6
Aired May 24, 2022
Brother in the Bight
Sig scrambles to get home for Bairdi and Mandy's baby as his crew finds a honey hole of Russian king crab; the typhoon catches Shane, Josh's brother, on the Cornelia Marie; Rip faces a crisis when a greenhorn collapses unconscious.
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Episode 7
Aired May 31, 2022
Follow the Rainbow
Johnathan searches for a pot of golden kings at the end of a double rainbow; a medical mystery confounds Capt. Rip when his greenhorn regains consciousness on the Patricia Lee; Keith partners with Josh and Casey until John steps in.
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Episode 7
Aired May 10, 2022
The Hunt for Russian Reds
A deckhand fights for his life, tangled in a potline; Wild Bill struggles to save his vessel from impacting the jagged fjords; Josh and Shane pick up a trail from their father that leads them to a new destination.
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Episode 8
Aired Jun 7, 2022
Deepest Alaska
Johnathan sets mile-deep pots and pulls up an unknown species; Jake faces reality when his niece, Shyanne, gets injured on the Saga; Clark takes the helm in Sig's wheelhouse to help tank the Hansen family Bairdi quota.
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Episode 9
Aired Jun 14, 2022
Rip Tide
Mandy breaks news of a pregnancy complication, forcing Sig and Clark to reconsider their decision to keep fishing; Jake teams up with Rip Carlton in deep waters, but powerful Aleutian tidal currents unexpectedly shift Jake's string.
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Episode 10
Aired Jun 21, 2022
Dark Waters
Jake and his niece set pots on the same waters their ancestor fished in the 1930s; Johnathan risks losing his entire live catch when the Time Bandit ventures into fresh water; Josh experiments with glow sticks to attract crabs at the darkest depths.
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Episode 11
Aired Jun 28, 2022
No Good Deed Unpunished
With dock prices spiking, the fleet races to deliver; Jake witnesses a freighter severing his longline, forcing the Saga crew to drag the bottom for a string of pots; Rip helps Johnathan locate the mother lode, only to pay with a broken block.
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Episode 11
Aired May 24, 2022
Sons of Legacy
Sig's quest may cost him getting home for his daughter's due date; a sinking pot catches Shane, Josh's brother, in its line; Rip faces a crisis when his greenhorn blacks out on deck.
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Episode 12
Aired Jul 5, 2022
Killer Whale
A curious orca tracks the Cornelia Marie as Josh and Casey haul the season's best pots; John follows the Saga when his navigation system chokes; Clark subverts Sig's deal with Harley to get home for Mandy's baby.
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Episode 12
Aired Jul 17, 2022
For Guts and Glory
Mike Rowe and the captains reveal unfiltered takes and unseen footage behind the decisions and events leading up to the milestone 300th episode.
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Episode 12
Aired Jul 9, 2022
Sailor's Delight
Clark scuttles Sig's partnership with Harley to get home for the birth of his and Mandy's baby; an orca leads the Cornelia Marie to the season's best pots; when John's autopilot fails, Jake is the star that leads him home.
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Episode 13
Aired May 31, 2022
Pot of Gold, Heart of Steel
On the Time Bandit, Johnathan follows a rainbow in search of pots of golden king crab; Rip contends with a baffling medical mystery when his greenhorn regains consciousness; Josh and Casey ignore their better judgment and radio Keith for help.
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Episode 13
Aired Jul 12, 2022
To the End of the Earth
Nautical weather slams the fleet as Josh and Casey race north in hopes of beating the coming ice pack; Sig and Keith attempt to find common ground; Johnathan finds his co-captain a bit wobbly.
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Episode 14
Aired Jul 19, 2022
Where Eagles Dare
The Northwestern loses steering when a bald eagle lays claim to its mast; Sig and Keith develop an unusual partnership to tank Bairdi in record time; Josh and Casey place a risky bet on hard-to-find quota; casualties mount on the Patty Lee.
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Episode 14
Aired Jun 7, 2022
Undersea World of John Hillstrand
Sig returns from Norway and enlists Clark to help catch the family Bairdi quota before Mandy's due date; Jake's niece, Shyanne, draws blood on the Saga; Johnathan channels his inner Cousteau.
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Episode 15
Aired Aug 2, 2022
The Crush of Winter
New-mother Mandy returns to Sig's wheelhouse, but as heavy ice builds on the Northwestern, she reckons with the risks the family is taking; Jake unveils a new super pot to stake his claim in the cod derby as winter weather blindsides the fleet.
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Episode 15
Aired Jun 14, 2022
Fathers or Fishermen
Sig and Clark plan a quick return home when Mandy breaks news of a complication with her pregnancy; Rip helps Jake find paydirt deep along the Aleutian chain.
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Episode 16
Aired Aug 9, 2022
No Turning Back
A dangerous list forces Sig to jettison pots or capsize the Northwestern; one wrong move in the narrow False Pass causes Jake and the Saga to hit bottom; there's no accounting for taste when Sean Dwyer devises motivational punishments for greenhorns.
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Episode 17
Aired Aug 16, 2022
Operation Anvil Drop
Keith recruits Johnathan to intercept a Russian trawler fishing illegally in US waters, but the situation intensifies when the Time Bandit crew spots a missile streaking across their position; Bill and Sean fight to defend their pots from rogue trawlers.
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Episode 18
Aired Aug 20, 2022
Curse of St. Paul Island
As winter weather unleashes havoc on the crab grounds, the deadliest harbor in the Bering Sea becomes the only port open for delivery, forcing the crab fleet to make high risk entries into a harbor that has claimed the lives of many fellow fisherman.
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Episode 18
Aired Aug 23, 2022
Hell on the High Seas
Josh and Casey race to the approaching ice edge as an Aleutian storm slams the opilio grounds; Jake discovers his niece and engineer have been hooking up more than crab gear as they risk climbing the 30ft crane to make a critical repair.
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Episode 18
Aired Jun 21, 2022
Who Let the Cod Out?
Jake hits paydirt taking his niece to an ancestor's fishing grounds, but after a crewman leaves a hatch open, their prized black cod escape by the hundreds; when the Time Bandit ventures into freshwater, Johnathan risks killing his entire live catch.
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Episode 19
Aired Aug 30, 2022
Avian Apocalypse
The Cornelia Marie crashes into the ice pack when the greenhorn on watch falls asleep at the wheel; Jake's crew experiences a stunning phenomenon when a flock of seabirds bombards the Saga; Wild Bill tackles an unsafe sea state on the Summer Bay.
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Episode 20
Aired Sep 6, 2022
Frozen
After risking his crew salvaging gear from the ice pack, Sig changes tactics and uses an experimental bait from Norway; on the Time Bandit, frustration boils over as Freddy tests Johnathan; Jake encounters seas so volatile his crew must take shelter.
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Episode 21
Aired Sep 3, 2022
Measure of the Man
Shaken by a life-threatening injury and Coast Guard rescue from his deck less than a year after tragic loss of a much-loved deckhand, Captain Rip Carlton puts the Patricia Lee in drydock for a massive renovation to safeguard his crew for the future.
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Episode 21
Aired Sep 13, 2022
Graveyard of Gear
With intense currents holding back the Arctic ice pack, Keith drives into deck-wrecking waves to retrieve his catch before the ice bounces back; Jake and Sean face losing everything when ice swallows their gear as Rip enters a pot cemetery.
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Episode 22
Aired Sep 6, 2022
Ghosted
When Capt. Sig tempts fate fishing in the path of the approaching ice edge, he must brave the ice floes in a desperate attempt to retrieve crabs and gear; in heavy seas, Sean gets ghosted by a senior captain, but Josh and Casey come to his aid.
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Episode 22
Aired Sep 20, 2022
Sub-Zero Scramble
The icy depths of the Bering Sea threaten to claim Sig and Wild Bill's gear unless they can move quickly enough to beat the rapidly freezing waters; Rip takes on a massive amount of extra quota, and if he can't catch it, he'll have to buy it.
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Episode 22
Aired Apr 19, 2022
The Ultimate Price
Keith searches relentlessly for the Wizard's lost pots, braving jagged ice; a crewman sacrifices his life, and Wild Bill overturns the Summer Bay.
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Episode 23
Aired Sep 27, 2022
Port of Last Resort
As ice blocks St. Paul Harbor, captains race to deliver their final snow crab; Sig deploys a risky tactic his father pioneered; Jake battles a slack tank to save the Saga; Keith and John scuttle a plan as the Wizard's 77-year-old hull cracks open.
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Episode 24
Aired Oct 4, 2022
The Viking Returns: Norwegian Blood
Sig and Mandy roll the dice on convincing old-world seafood barons to buy into an unfamiliar crab species; when Jake chases Russian kings far to the north, the Hansens must add a new boat to their Norwegian fleet for a chance at tanking the biomass.
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Episode 25
Aired Oct 11, 2022
The Viking Returns: Hard Won Legacy
Sig ventures off the beaten path in search of secrets from a fishing legend; Jake puts together pieces of his family's past and finds unexpected answers about his own late father; Clark must prove can tank the crab on his own.
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Episode 26
Aired Aug 16, 2022
To the End of the Earth
Nautical weather slams the fleet as Josh and Casey race north in hopes of beating the coming ice pack; Sig and Keith attempt to find common ground; on the Time Bandit, Johnathan finds his co-captain a bit wobbly.
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Episode 26
Aired Oct 18, 2022
The Viking Returns: Norse Inheritance
After guaranteeing a troll crab delivery backed by king crab, Sig must make good on his deal before the clock runs out; Jake makes peace with his late father's passing; Mandy finds she has an eye for traditional Norwegian cuisine.
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Episode 27
Aired Aug 16, 2022
To the End of the Earth
Josh and Casey race north hoping to beat the violent nautical weather coming their way; Sig and Keith try to find common ground; Johnathan finds his co-captain a more than just a little wobbly.
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Episode 27
Aired Oct 25, 2022
The Viking Returns: All on the Line
Sig makes an ambitious deal for 25 tons of live king crab; Mandy hits the docks to buy a new boat; Sig and Jake scramble to the Russian line to find the migrating hoard; Jake gets a line in his own prop.
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Episode 28
Aired Nov 8, 2022
Wheelhouse Redemption
As Captain Jake Anderson plans for his next move as a professional fisherman, he and his longtime mentor Sig Hansen open a door into his own legacy and discover how a lifetime of overcoming obstacles puts him and his family on the road to success.
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Episode 29
Aired Nov 1, 2022
The Viking Returns: For King and Country
Sig and Jake steam far to the north to fill their tanks with Russian kings; when Clark finds uncertain depths at shore, Mandy captains a new boat with the technology to get him on the crabs.
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