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Vol. 2, 2009
Braving the Bearing Sea
The John Deere-powered Incentive takes to crab fishing under the spotlight of Discovery Channel camera crews
Imagine pulling in pots of Opilio crab in
January on the ice-filled, unruly waters of the
Bering Sea. For Alaskan fishermen, the job
is the most difficult and dangerous on the
water. Crews endure the worst that Mother
Nature can dish out: violent waters, bitter
temperatures, and lashing, blistering winds.
It's a job that few experience firsthand. Yet
television viewers in North America tune
into a bit of its drama and danger from
the comforts of their homes on Discovery
Channel's Deadliest Catch. Last winter, film
crews boarded the John Deere-powered
fishing vessel Incentive for an entire month
to document the 32-meter (106 ft.) Power
Scow and her six-member crew during the
Opilio crab season.
Viewers watched the Incentive at the
season's start as the crew endured 6-meter
(20 ft.) seas, 113-kilometer per hour (70 mph)
winds, and subzero temperatures north of
Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Battling the elements,
the crew managed to haul in 13.5-metric
tons (300,000 lbs.) of crab, putting the
Incentive in an early lead over other crab
vessels on the show.
"Full shoe mamma!" exclaims Incentive
captain Harry Lewis, as a pot of 500 crabs is
drawn from the icy water during Incentive's
first episode. Read more on page 12.
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