"Peggy Rowe is at it again--this time giving a hilarious inside look at her writing career."--Provided by publisher.

Experience one of the most dangerous professions in the world: crab fishing. Crabbing on the turbulent, frigid Bering Sea proves to be exceptionally difficult as the injuries pile up. Two men get hurt by a loose picking hook, and a veteran fisherman is forced to end his fishing season early after a situation quickly turns life-threatening. The crews reflect on their adventures.

In season nine, the crews are fueled by desperate hope as they risk it all for the big haul. But if these guys know anything, it's that comebacks don't come easy. Brutal competition, serious injuries, and one ferocious arctic storm will take them to the depths of despair. While some will rake in record-breaking hauls, a freak accident leaves others racing for the shore. And in the end, simply surviving the sea is considered the greatest success of...

See as never before the inner workings of the world, and explore black holes, supernovae, neutron stars, dark energy, and all the titanic forces that make humans what they are.

Mike Rowe explores some of the dirtiest jobs on the water, including crab fishing, shrimping, snake research, and fish processing.

Peggy Rowe's story of growing up as the daughter of Thelma Knobel is filled with warmth and humor. But there's a Thelma in everyone's life. She's the person taking charge, the one who knows instinctively how things should be. Growing up, Peggy saw her mother as a benevolent, loving dictator. When major league baseball came to town in the early 1950s and turned sophisticated Thelma into a crazed Baltimore Orioles groupie, nobody was more surprised...

In the far northern reaches of the planet a rare breed of extreme fishermen still ply the Bering Sea. Adventure is their call, crab is their prey, and a one hundred million dollar plunder is their reward. Five skippers and their crews will endure boat-killing storms and mind-numbing working conditions, risking it all on the hunt for crab. In the end, they will all come to the realization that the most violent storms come from within. This year, there's...

Mike Rowe tackles some of his dirtiest and most dangerous jobs yet as he slogs through muck and mire in search of bloodworms, guts a mold-infested house damaged by Hurricane Katrina, packs explosives into the wall of a salt mine, and much more.

Swinging 700-pound crab pots for hours guarantees injuries. That's the life of an Alaskan crab fisherman. He can earn enough money in a few months for a family to live on for a year or more. But it's also one of the deadliest, most backbreaking jobs there is. For these men, many second- and third-generation fishermen, working to the brink of exhaustion is more than a job, it's a matter of pride. Crews continue to forge into the freezing Bering Sea...

Three episodes of the series where Mike Rowe explores different jobs across the United States.