Discovery Channel start season 4 of their hit series Deadliest Catch tomorrow night (April 15) at 9pm. Online research shows this yearly drama to be the most watched series on basic cable, with weekly viewership around 3 million.
Season 4 is shaping up to be the best yet. Each year the production staff led by Thom Beers pushes the technology envelope. This year the featured ships will have two rigid mount cameras on the deck, a camera in the wheelhouse, and two cameramen with handhelds. Just keeping the equipment functioning is a big challenge. Cameras and delicate electronics usually associated with the TV business do not get along well with sea water. And when you take into account sub-zero temperatures, 60 mph winds, and 40 foot waves, this is not a friendly environment.
Season 4 sees the return of the Sig Hansen, and his fishing machine The Northwestern, but before they can even get started, they have equipment problems and are forced back to Dutch Harbor.
Also joining Sig on this season are Captain Johnathan Hillstrand and the Time Bandit crew, these guys are the pranksters of the fleet, and boy do they have some doozies this year! I find it hard to believe that men working under these horrible, and deadly conditions can find either the time, or the effort, but they do!
The Wizard also encounters problems right out of the starting gate, slapped by a rogue wave it now has a hole in its hull! This is not something you want to happen at the best of times, and certainly this is a potentially life shortening event in the Bering Sea.
Catch the Deadliest Catch on Discovery Channel, April 15, at 9pm. For you crab aficionados Discovery have also set up a huge web site for the series.
Simon Barrett
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackGuys, I hate to be picky but it is the BERING SEA B-E-R-I-N-G ! But great article and you got a mention on the f/v Northwestern forums. Thanks loads!
Sig Hansen and the Northwestern crew, along with Captain Johnathan Hillstrand and the Time Bandit crew, and Captain Phil Harris and the Cornelia Marie crew.
This was a most excellent article! Thank you! I am starting to hold my breath already!
Thank you Frieda, we have corrected the mistake and we thank you for the mention on the forum and for your kind words about this article.
Simon and Jan Barrett
My phones will be turned off,the hubby and kids will be duct taped(only way to keep them quiet),and anyone who ignores the GO AWAY! sign taped to the front door will be made into snacks for the premiere.
Nice article.
Oh..and it is Johnathan HILLSTRAND not Harris..unless John decided to go over to the dark side and become a Harris.
Our apologies to Mr. Hillstrand. I guess it was our day for mistakes. Thanks Llama for pointing it out to us. We have fixed it once again. We hope everyone enjoys the show.
Simon and Jan Barrett
Thanks Simon and Jan. There is a blog called Deadliest Reports that covers the show and is a fountain of information. I would recommend it highly. The Hansens,Hillstrands,and Harris’s are wonderful families and are great representatives of the fleet, as is Larry Hendricks who fished for years and has recently converted his vessel into a tour boat that takes folks out and actually shows them how it is done, albeit in calmer waters. There are two new books out, Deadliest Catch Desperate Hours from Discovery, and Time Bandit, Two Brothers, The Bering Sea and One of the World’s Deadliest Jobs, from Ballantine Books…both are excellent reads and I highly recommend them.
Nice article. The camera crews do a wonderful job with such hard conditions. Looking forward to the rest of the season.
Tonight’s all-new episode of Deadliest Catch pits man against nature when a routine Coast Guard rescue becomes anything but as a storm rolls in. Also, the Cornelia Marie heads to land for repairs while Greenhorn Moi locks horns with Capt. Keith on The Wizard! New episodes premiere every Tuesday night at 9PM on the Discovery Channel. http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/deadliestcatch/deadliestcatch.html
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