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It's the deadliest job on earth: crab fishing off the Alaskan coast on the icy Bering Sea. These adventurers will battle Arctic weather, brutal waves, and a ticking clock for big money in this modern-day gold rush from which they may never return.
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24 this season · 389 totals18e01 Long Live King Crab! 2022-04-20 00:00
Long Live King Crab!
When the government closes the King Crab fishery, captains must save an industry they worked so hard to create. Sig pursues invasive Russian King Crab in Norway; John, Josh and Casey chase rising prices for a new species, and Jake mortgages the Saga.
s18e02 No Sleep Till Rescue 2022-04-27 00:00
No Sleep Till Rescue
An Arctic storm slams the fleet already reeling from the closure of King Crab. Seeking a new species, Johnathan sets pots deeper than ever before. Sig struggles to launch his Norwegian operation, while a deckhand fights for life on the Patricia Lee.
s18e03 One Hell of a Story to Tell 2022-05-04 00:00
One Hell of a Story to Tell
His deckhand crushed by pots, Captain Rip charges into the Arctic storm to attempt the riskiest USCG helicopter rescue in recent history. John fights to save the Time Bandit at anchor, while Sig takes his first Norwegian rogue wave, flooding the Staalbas.
s18e04 Invasive Russian Reds 2022-05-11 00:00
Invasive Russian Reds
Sig struggles with a Norwegian crewman who thinks he knows more than the captain. Captain 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.
s18e05 Desperate Measures 2022-05-18 00:00
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.
s18e06 Brother in the Bight 2022-05-25 00:00
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. Josh's brother Shane gets caught in the bight as a typhoon slams the Cornelia Marie. Rip faces a crisis when a greenhorn collapses unconscious.
s18e07 Follow the Rainbow 2022-06-01 00:00
Follow the Rainbow
Johnathan searches for a pot of Golden Kings at the end of a double rainbow. A medical mystery confounds Captain Rip when his greenhorn regains consciousness on the Patricia Lee. Keith partners with Josh and Casey until John steps in.
s18e08 Deepest Alaska 2022-06-08 00:00
Deepest Alaska
Johnathan pulls an unknown species with mile-deep commercial crab pots. Jake's niece gets injured on the Saga and Clark takes the helm in Sig's wheelhouse.
s18e09 Rip Tide 2022-06-15 00:00
Rip Tide
Mandy's pregnancy complication forces Sig and Clark to reconsider their stand. Jake and Rip team up in deep waters to battle powerful Aleutian tidal currents.
s18e10 Dark Waters 2022-06-22 00:00
Dark Waters
Jake fishes his ancestors' waters and Josh experiments with glow sticks.
s18e11 No Good Deed Unpunished 2022-06-29 00:00
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 valuable string of pots. Rip helps Johnathan locate the motherlode only to pay with a broken block.
s18e12 Sailor's Delight 2022-07-06 00:00
Sailor's Delight
In an epic Fall season finale, 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.
s18e13 To the End of the Earth 2022-07-13 00:00
To the End of the Earth
In the Winter premiere, 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, and on the Time Bandit, Johnathan finds his co-captain a bit wobbly. 300th episode.
s18e14 Where Eagles Dare 2022-07-20 00:00
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, while casualties mount on the Patty Lee.
s18e15 The Crush of Winter 2022-08-03 00:00
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 unforgiving cod derby as winter weather blindsides the fleet.
s18e16 No Turning Back 2022-08-10 00:00
No Turning Back
Sig is forced to jettison pots lest he capsizes the Northwestern; Jake and the Saga hit bottom; Sean Dwyer devises creative motivation for his greenhorns.
s18e17 Operation Anvil Drop 2022-08-17 00:00
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.
s18e18 Hell on the High Seas 2022-08-24 00:00
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 life and limb climbing the 30ft crane to make a critical repair.
s18e19 Avian Apocalypse 2022-08-31 00:00
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.
s18e20 Frozen 2022-09-07 00:00
Frozen
After risking his crew salvaging gear from the ice pack, Sig changes tactics deploying an experimental bait from Norway. On the Time Bandit, frustration boils over as Freddy tests Johnathan. Jake hauls in seas so volatile his crew must take shelter.
s18e21 Graveyard of Gear 2022-09-14 00:00
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.
s18e22 Sub-Zero Scramble 2022-09-21 00:00
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.
s18e23 Port of Last Resort 2022-09-28 00:00
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, while 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.