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After a hide-and-seek run behind Amak Island to avoid a storm, the Northwestern is back on the crab grounds, pulling big pots and filling its holds.

The 2005 Opilio crab season doesn't start - it stumbles. The Big Valley sinks, and "good samaritan" boats help search for survivors in the frigid sea

It's the first day of work at the world's most deadliest job. Fifteen hundred fishermen converge on Dutch Harbor, Alaska for the beginning of the Alaskan king crab season.

When a rogue wave knocks the Aleutian Ballad on its side, shutting down all power and the boat?s engines, the crew must scramble in the dark to avoid disaster.

With king crab season winding down and the Opilio crab frenzy about to begin, the remaining 171 boats quickly head for the next prize.

It's been a little over 12 hours since the Opilio crab season opened, and the Bering Sea has already claimed six lives. The men stay upbeat as they begin to pull in their pots.

The icy decks of the Cornelia Marie claim their first victim when Deckhand Dave Gilbert takes a nasty spill.

With a massive storm moving in and the specter of last year's Big Valley tragedy still lingering, captains and crews are uneasy.

After one final push, the Opilio fleet plugs the holds, stacks the pots and heads for port.

Hopes for a quick Opilio season fade as heavy sea spray ices down the fleet, turning the race for crab into a slow crawl.

The Time Bandit finally encounters the ice pack and discovers that it's much closer to their gear than expected.