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Working on the Edge: Surviving In the World's Most Dangerous Profession: King Crab Fishing on Alaska's HighSeas

by: Spike Walker

: Working on the Edge: Surviving In the World's Most Dangerous Profession: King Crab Fishing on Alaska's HighSeas
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 639.544
EAN: 9780312089245
ISBN: 0312089244
Label: St. Martin's Griffin
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 312
Publication Date: March 15, 1993
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Sales Rank: 57228
Studio: St. Martin's Griffin



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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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Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Where did his editor go?
This book is painful. The writing is genuinely embarrassing. At first I though, "okay, one misspelled ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Great Reading
I'm surprised that I hadn't responed to this request, and have only just review this e-mail from you!!! ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - A worthwhile read
If you are a fan of the show, then this is well worth reading. Enough hairy stories and personal experieinces ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Alaska king crab fishing
Great book! Told the stories in a factual manner with a bit of a sense of humor. Made me feel like I was there. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - great book
this book is amazing, I couldn't put it down. it made me feel like I was actually on the boats with them.
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