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No profession pits man against nature more brutally than king crab fishing in the frigid, unpredictable waters of the Bering Sea. The yearly death toll is staggering (forty-two men in 1988 alone); the conditions are beyond most imaginations (90-mph Arctic winds, 25-foot seas, and super-human stretches of on-deck labor); but the payback, if one survives can be tens of thousands of dollars for a month-long season.
In a breathtaking, action-packed account that combines his personal story with the stories of survivors of the industry's most harrowing disasters, Spike Walker re-creates the boom years of Alaskan crab fishing—a modern-day gold rush that drew hundreds of fortune-and adventure-hunters to Alaska's dangerous waters—and the crash that followed.
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Barry Elston
reviewed Working on the Edge on December 25, 2008 Working on the Edge
Before I started reading this book I must admit that I entertained thoughts of some day trying my hand at crab fishing. In fact my boyfriend mentioned off hand that there was a crab boat looking for some crew members in town (Florence, OR) a couple weeks ago. I was perturbed that he hadn't mentioned it earlier because the crab season was already underway and the position was long filled.... Then I picked up this book. Spike Walker writes about his experiences crab fishing out of Kodiak and Dutch Harbor during the crab boom of the 70s. His description of life aboard the boat and the work involved sucks you in. He's a great writer. He also includes accounts of tragedies that happened during those years. Some of the stories go from bad to worse and when you think nothing else could go wrong mother nature throws something else into the mix. It definitely turned me off of beating the docks, but I also gained a respect for those that chose that profession. It's definitely a great read.
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