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Harrowing tales of high-stakes Alaskan crab fishing.
Ready for an adventure that's both thrilling and chilling? Spike Walker's "Working on the Edge" immerses you in the perilous world of Alaskan crab fishing, where nature's fury and the quest for fortune collide. It's a read that echoes with the raw energy and precarious lives of those daring enough to take on the world's most dangerous profession. You'll feel the salt spray and the tension of survival with every page you turn.
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Working on the Edge: Surviving in the World's Most Dangerous Profession: King Crab Fishing on Alaska's High Seas
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ISBN: 9780312089245
Authors:
Spike Walker
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Date of Publication: 1993-03-15
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.17
(rated by 530 readers)
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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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Harrowing tales of high-stakes Alaskan crab fishing.
Ready for an adventure that's both thrilling and chilling? Spike Walker's "Working on the Edge" immerses you in the perilous world of Alaskan crab fishing, where nature's fury and the quest for fortune collide. It's a read that echoes with the raw energy and precarious lives of those daring enough to take on the world's most dangerous profession. You'll feel the salt spray and the tension of survival with every page you turn.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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