Where work is a matter of life and death. Rough waves and fierce weather make winter on the Bering Sea a difficult dangerous and potentially deadly place to do business. But for the fishermen who work these waters risk to life and limb is just another part of the job. Deadliest Catch Series 1 takes viewers deep into the Bering Sea with five boats and their crew through the three toughest fishing seasons in the world. The fleet will fish hundreds of miles out and 400-hundred feet deep in search of the prized crustaceans. As the captains strategise the crews test their endurance as they repeatedly drop and haul the 700-pound crab pots with hopes of pulling in riches. Then in Series 2 the extreme fishermen of the Bering Sea return and the crews remember the previous year's Big Valley tragedy. In the wake of a treacherous storm the Captains choose conflicting approaches to get through it in an attempt to safely come out on the other side. Watch in awe as Captains and crew must rally against the impossible in the hunt for elusive blue king crab.
