S03E07: New Beginnings
As the Opilio crab season opens, several greenhorns are about to experience the subfreezing temperatures and icy winter waters of the Bering Sea for the first time.
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Season 1
Greenhorns
S1E1 / 12 Apr 2005
Long Sleepless Nights
S1E2 / 19 Apr 2005
Lady Luck
S1E3 / 26 Apr 2005
Beat the Clock
S1E4 / 03 May 2005
Dead of Winter
S1E5 / 10 May 2005
Man Overboard
S1E6 / 17 May 2005
High Hopes
S1E7 / 24 May 2005
Good Fishing
S1E8 / 31 May 2005
The Clock is Ticking
S1E9 / 07 Jun 2005
The Final Run
S1E10 / 14 Jun 2005
Season 2
Heading Out to Sea
S2E1 / 28 Mar 2006
Batten Down the Hatches
S2E2 / 04 Apr 2006
On the Crab
S2E3 / 11 Apr 2006
The Finish Line
S2E4 / 18 Apr 2006
Friends and Rivals
S2E5 / 25 Apr 2006
A New Hunt Begins
S2E6 / 02 May 2006
Smoke on the Water
S2E7 / 09 May 2006
Man vs. Ice
S2E8 / 16 May 2006
On the Edge
S2E9 / 23 May 2006
Pribilof Stare
S2E10 / 30 May 2006
Race Against the Ice
S2E11 / 06 Jun 2006
Cashing In
S2E12 / 13 Jun 2006
Season 3
A Tragic Beginning
S3E1 / 03 Apr 2007
The Unforgiving Sea
S3E2 / 10 Apr 2007
Pain and Paybacks
S3E3 / 17 Apr 2007
Cheating Death
S3E4 / 24 Apr 2007
Bering Sea Salvation
S3E5 / 01 May 2007
The Last Lap
S3E6 / 08 May 2007
New Beginnings
S3E7 / 15 May 2007
Caught in the Storm
S3E8 / 22 May 2007
Crossing the Line
S3E9 / 29 May 2007
Trials of the Greenhorns
S3E10 / 05 Jun 2007
Ice and Open Water
S3E11 / 12 Jun 2007
A Frozen Finish
S3E12 / 19 Jun 2007
Season 4
Get 'Em Back Safe!
S4E1 / 15 Apr 2008
Striking Out
S4E2 / 15 Apr 2008
A Numbers Game
S4E3 / 22 Apr 2008
Unsafe and Unsound
S4E4 / 29 Apr 2008
No Mercy
S4E5 / 06 May 2008
Racing the Clock
S4E6 / 13 May 2008
Seeking the Catch
S4E7 / 20 May 2008
No Season for Old Men
S4E8 / 27 May 2008
Storm Season
S4E9 / 03 Jun 2008
Blow Up
S4E10 / 10 Jun 2008
Big Weather, Big Trouble
S4E11 / 17 Jun 2008
Mortal Men
S4E12 / 24 Jun 2008
Fresh Blood
S4E13 / 01 Jul 2008
Changing Tides
S4E14 / 08 Jul 2008
As Catch as Catch Can
S4E15 / 15 Jul 2008
The Final Hour
S4E16 / 22 Jul 2008
Season 5
Everything on the Line
S5E1 / 14 Apr 2009
Red Skies in the Morning
S5E2 / 21 Apr 2009
Stay Focused or Die
S5E3 / 28 Apr 2009
Put Up or Shut Up
S5E4 / 05 May 2009
Long Haul, Short Fuses
S5E5 / 12 May 2009
Deadline
S5E6 / 19 May 2009
Down to the Wire
S5E7 / 26 May 2009
Payback Time
S5E8 / 02 Jun 2009
No Second Chances
S5E9 / 09 Jun 2009
Sea of Misery
S5E10 / 16 Jun 2009
Lockout
S5E11 / 23 Jun 2009
A Slap in the Face or Kick in the Butt
S5E12 / 30 Jun 2009
Ends of the Earth
S5E13 / 07 Jul 2009
Bitter Tears
S5E14 / 14 Jul 2009
Day of Reckoning
S5E15 / 21 Jul 2009Shipwrecked
S5E16 / 28 Jul 2009
Season 6
Slow Burn
S6E1 / 13 Apr 2010
Breaking 'Em In
S6E2 / 20 Apr 2010
Sea Tested
S6E3 / 27 Apr 2010
Bering Sea Swim Club
S6E4 / 04 May 2010
Arctic Quest
S6E5 / 11 May 2010
False Pass
S6E6 / 18 May 2010
When Hell Freezes Over
S6E7 / 25 May 2010
We're Not in Kansas Anymore...
S6E8 / 01 Jun 2010
Glory Days
S6E9 / 08 Jun 2010
The Darkened Seas
S6E10 / 15 Jun 2010
Blown Off Course
S6E11 / 22 Jun 2010
Empty Throne
S6E12 / 29 Jun 2010
Cain and Abel
S6E13 / 06 Jul 2010
Redemption Day
S6E14 / 13 Jul 2010
Valhalla
S6E15 / 20 Jul 2010
Captain Phil Harris Remembered
S6E16 / 20 Jul 2010
Endless
S6E17 / 27 Jul 2010
Season 7
New Blood
S7E1 / 12 Apr 2011
Proving Grounds
S7E2 / 19 Apr 2011
Old Age & Treachery
S7E3 / 26 Apr 2011
Breaking Point
S7E4 / 03 May 2011
A Wing and a Prayer
S7E5 / 10 May 2011
Exit Wounds
S7E6 / 17 May 2011
Thick as Thieves
S7E7 / 24 May 2011
Graduation Day
S7E8 / 31 May 2011
Sea Change
S7E9 / 07 Jun 2011
Frontier Medicine
S7E10 / 14 Jun 2011
Birds, Bones and Blood
S7E11 / 21 Jun 2011
It's Not All Mai Tais and Yahtzee
S7E12 / 28 Jun 2011
Pirate School
S7E13 / 05 Jul 2011
The Island
S7E14 / 12 Jul 2011
I Smell a Nightmare
S7E15 / 19 Jul 2011
Mohawks & Madness, Goodness & Gladness
S7E16 / 26 Jul 2011
Season 8
The Gamble
S8E1 / 10 Apr 2012
Turf War
S8E2 / 17 Apr 2012
Weak Links
S8E3 / 24 Apr 2012
The Hook
S8E4 / 01 May 2012
Alien Abduction
S8E5 / 08 May 2012
Vital Signs
S8E6 / 15 May 2012
I Don't Wanna Die
S8E7 / 22 May 2012
The Aftermath
S8E8 / 29 May 2012
Nowhere to Go But Down
S8E9 / 05 Jun 2012
Rise and Fall
S8E10 / 12 Jun 2012
No Exit
S8E11 / 19 Jun 2012
Collision Course
S8E12 / 26 Jun 2012
Landlocked
S8E13 / 03 Jul 2012
Fearless Leaders
S8E14 / 10 Jul 2012
Release the Beast
S8E15 / 17 Jul 2012
The Bitter, Bloody End
S8E16 / 24 Jul 2012
Season 9
Mutiny on the Bering Sea
S9E1 / 16 Apr 2013
Dagger in the Back
S9E2 / 23 Apr 2013
Blood in the Morning
S9E3 / 30 Apr 2013
The Crooke & The Tangler
S9E4 / 07 May 2013
Judgement Day
S9E5 / 14 May 2013
Fist to the Face
S9E6 / 21 May 2013
Goodbye Jake
S9E7 / 28 May 2013
Kicking Off with a Bang
S9E8 / 04 Jun 2013
The Storm of the Season
S9E9 / 11 Jun 2013
Sleeping with the Enemy
S9E10 / 18 Jun 2013
We're Not Gonna Take It
S9E11 / 25 Jun 2013
Listing Lover
S9E12 / 02 Jul 2013
So You Wanna Be a Boat Owner...
S9E13 / 09 Jul 2013
Ship of Iron, Men of Steel
S9E14 / 16 Jul 2013
Man Overboard
S9E15 / 23 Jul 2013
The Final Battle
S9E16 / 30 Jul 2013
Season 10
Careful What You Wish For
S10E1 / 22 Apr 2014Family Affair
S10E2 / 29 Apr 2014Darwin's Law
S10E3 / 06 May 2014Against the Law
S10E4 / 13 May 2014On the Rocks
S10E5 / 20 May 2014Falling Down
S10E6 / 27 May 2014Lost at Sea
S10E7 / 03 Jun 2014Cornelia Marie Blue
S10E8 / 10 Jun 2014Skipper Harris in Training
S10E9 / 17 Jun 2014Fisherman's Daughter
S10E10 / 24 Jun 2014Blonde Ambition
S10E11 / 01 Jul 2014Women Drivers
S10E12 / 08 Jul 2014Greatest Game Ever Fished
S10E13 / 15 Jul 2014Breaking Mandy
S10E14 / 22 Jul 2014Sabotage
S10E15 / 29 Jul 2014You'll Know My Name Is the Lord...
S10E16 / 05 Aug 2014
Season 11
A Brotherhood Tested
S11E1 / 14 Apr 2015Prodigal Son
S11E2 / 21 Apr 2015The Ultimatum
S11E3 / 28 Apr 2015Super Typhoon (1)
S11E4 / 05 May 2015Super Typhoon (2)
S11E5 / 12 May 2015Wasted Talent
S11E6 / 19 May 2015Heavy Lies The Crown
S11E7 / 26 May 2015Zero Hour
S11E8 / 02 Jun 2015Hell's Bells
S11E9 / 09 Jun 2015Lunatic Fringe
S11E10 / 16 Jun 2015New Captain on the Block
S11E11 / 23 Jun 20155-Year Storm (1)
S11E12 / 30 Jun 20155-Year Storm (2)
S11E13 / 14 Jul 2015Bite the Hand
S11E14 / 21 Jul 2015New Blood, Old Wounds
S11E15 / 28 Jul 2015Beastmode
S11E16 / 04 Aug 2015I'm the Captain
S11E17 / 11 Aug 2015We Have Not Yet Begun to Fight
S11E18 / 18 Aug 2015
Season 12
Carpe Diem
S12E1 / 29 Mar 2016
First Timers
S12E2 / 05 Apr 2016
No Good Deed...
S12E3 / 12 Apr 2016
Swedish Twins
S12E4 / 19 Apr 2016
Million-Dollar-Bet
S12E5 / 26 Apr 2016
100% Injury Rate
S12E6 / 03 May 2016
Cold War
S12E7 / 10 May 2016
Winter Is Coming
S12E8 / 17 May 2016
Into the Gale
S12E9 / 24 May 2016
Proving Grounds
S12E10 / 31 May 2016
Raw Deal
S12E11 / 07 Jun 2016
Settling the Score
S12E12 / 14 Jun 2016
Fire at Sea (1)
S12E13 / 21 Jun 2016
Fire at Sea (2)
S12E14 / 05 Jul 2016
Blood & Guts
S12E15 / 12 Jul 2016
Life or Death Decision
S12E16 / 19 Jul 2016
The Widowmaker (1)
S12E17 / 26 Jul 2016
The Widowmaker (2)
S12E18 / 02 Aug 2016
Season 13
Uncharted Territory
S13E1 / 11 Apr 2017
Seismic Shift
S13E2 / 18 Apr 2017
Down in Flames
S13E3 / 25 Apr 2017
Crushing Blows
S13E4 / 02 May 2017
Bad Moon
S13E5 / 09 May 2017
Hail Mary, Full Of Crab
S13E6 / 16 May 2017
Poisoned at Sea
S13E7 / 23 May 2017
40-Foot Monsters
S13E8 / 30 May 2017
The Russian Line
S13E9 / 06 Jun 2017
Back to the Killing Season
S13E10 / 13 Jun 2017
Hurricane Alley
S13E11 / 20 Jun 2017
Arctic Mega Storm
S13E12 / 27 Jun 2017
Dead-Stick
S13E13 / 11 Jul 2017
450 Mile Storm
S13E14 / 18 Jul 2017Respect Earned
S13E15 / 01 Aug 2017
Man Down
S13E16 / 08 Aug 2017
Hillstrand's Last Catch
S13E17 / 15 Aug 2017
Lost at Sea
S13E18 / 22 Aug 2017
Last D* Arctic Storm
S13E19 / 29 Aug 2017
Season 14
Battle Lines
S14E1 / 10 Apr 2018
First Blood
S14E2 / 17 Apr 2018
Dead in the Water
S14E3 / 24 Apr 2018
Salt Wounds
S14E4 / 01 May 2018
Collision Void
S14E5 / 08 May 2018
Arctic Hurricane
S14E6 / 15 May 2018
Clash of Kings
S14E7 / 22 May 2018
Becoming Captain
S14E8 / 29 May 2018
Purgatory
S14E9 / 05 Jun 2018
Winter's Curse
S14E10 / 12 Jun 2018
Blackout
S14E11 / 19 Jun 2018
Winter's Fury
S14E12 / 26 Jun 2018
Baptism by Fire
S14E13 / 10 Jul 2018
Supermoon Storm
S14E14 / 17 Jul 2018
Greenhorn Overboard
S14E15 / 31 Jul 2018
Turf Wars
S14E16 / 07 Aug 2018
No Safe Harbor
S14E17 / 14 Aug 2018
Blood and Water
S14E18 / 21 Aug 2018
Storm Surge
S14E19 / 28 Aug 2018
Season 15
Battle Of Kings
S15E1 / 09 Apr 2019Super Swarm
S15E2 / 16 Apr 2019
Knife in the Ribs
S15E3 / 23 Apr 2019
Single Point Of Failure
S15E4 / 30 Apr 2019
Shifting Stack
S15E5 / 07 May 2019
Blood in the Water
S15E6 / 14 May 2019
Winter Is Here
S15E7 / 21 May 2019Tough Inheritance
S15E8 / 28 May 2019Russian Roulette
S15E9 / 04 Jun 2019Curse of the Russian Line
S15E10 / 11 Jun 2019Hell Hath No Fury
S15E11 / 18 Jun 2019
Sixty Foot Monster
S15E12 / 25 Jun 2019
Crane Wreck
S15E13 / 09 Jul 2019
Devil's Cut
S15E14 / 16 Jul 2019
Unbreakable
S15E15 / 23 Jul 2019
Hell Or High Water
S15E16 / 06 Aug 2019
Unholy Alliance
S15E17 / 13 Aug 2019Dark Ship
S15E18 / 20 Aug 2019Time And Tide Wait For No Man
S15E19 / 27 Aug 2019Dead Or Alive
S15E20 / 03 Sep 2019
Now Or Never
S15E21 / 10 Sep 2019
Season 16
Cold War Rivals
S16E1 / 14 Apr 2020Typhoon Hagibis
S16E2 / 21 Apr 2020Breaking Point
S16E3 / 28 Apr 2020Shotguns and Fist Fights
S16E4 / 05 May 2020Double Agent
S16E5 / 12 May 2020
The Bleeding Edge
S16E6 / 19 May 2020
Into The Red
S16E7 / 26 May 2020
Mayday Mayday
S16E8 / 02 Jun 2020
Cold War Heating Up
S16E9 / 09 Jun 2020
Harms Way
S16E10 / 16 Jun 2020
Chase Boat Rescue
S16E11 / 23 Jun 2020
Dutch Harbor Double Cross
S16E12 / 30 Jun 2020
Bomb Cyclone
S16E13 / 07 Jul 2020
Bering Sea Crash
S16E14 / 14 Jul 2020
Gut Instinct
S16E15 / 21 Jul 2020
Bering Sea Wrecking Ball
S16E16 / 28 Jul 2020
Danger Close
S16E17 / 04 Aug 2020
Like Father Like Daughter
S16E18 / 18 Aug 2020
Rogue Wave Juggernaut
S16E19 / 25 Aug 2020
A Problem Like Maria
S16E20 / 01 Sep 2020
End of The Beginning
S16E21 / 08 Sep 2020
Blood Is Thicker Than Water
S16E22 / 15 Sep 2020
Everything Changes
S16E23 / 22 Sep 2020
Season 17
Out of the Ashes
S17E1 / 20 Apr 2021
Russian Dragger
S17E2 / 27 Apr 2021
Point of No Return
S17E3 / 04 May 2021
Time Machine
S17E4 / 11 May 2021
Force Majeure
S17E5 / 18 May 2021
Restricted Zone
S17E6 / 25 May 2021
What Would Phil Harris Do?
S17E7 / 01 Jun 2021
Tangled Web
S17E8 / 08 Jun 2021
Dedication
S17E9 / 15 Jun 2021
Truth Will Set You Free
S17E10 / 22 Jun 2021
Shipbreakers
S17E11 / 29 Jun 2021
Extreme Arctic
S17E12 / 06 Jul 2021
Of Ice And Men
S17E13 / 20 Jul 2021
The Crush
S17E14 / 27 Jul 2021
Run Silent Run Deep
S17E15 / 03 Aug 2021
First Come First Served
S17E16 / 10 Aug 2021
Quid Pro Crab
S17E17 / 17 Aug 2021
Winter's Gambit
S17E18 / 24 Aug 2021
Wicked Game
S17E19 / 31 Aug 2021
Over the Rail
S17E20 / 07 Sep 2021
First in Line
S17E21 / 14 Sep 2021
The Ultimate Price
S17E22 / 21 Sep 2021
Season 18
Long Live King Crab!
S18E1 / 19 Apr 2022
Crushed at Sea
S18E2 / 26 Apr 2022
Five Souls on Board
S18E3 / 03 May 2022
Invasive Russian Reds
S18E4 / 10 May 2022
Desperate Measures
S18E5 / 17 May 2022
Sons of Legacy
S18E6 / 24 May 2022
Follow the Rainbow
S18E7 / 31 May 2022
Deepest Alaska
S18E8 / 07 Jun 2022
Rip Tide
S18E9 / 14 Jun 2022
Dark Waters
S18E10 / 21 Jun 2022
No Good Deed Unpunished
S18E11 / 28 Jun 2022
Sailor's Delight
S18E12 / 05 Jul 2022
To The End of the Earth
S18E13 / 12 Jul 2022
Where Eagles Dare
S18E14 / 19 Jul 2022
The Crush of Winter
S18E15 / 03 Aug 2022
No Turning Back
S18E16 / 09 Aug 2022
Operation Anvil Drop
S18E17 / 16 Aug 2022
Hell on the High Seas
S18E18 / 23 Aug 2022
Avian Apocalypse
S18E19 / 30 Aug 2022
Frozen
S18E20 / 06 Sep 2022
Graveyard of Gear
S18E21 / 13 Sep 2022
Sub-Zero Scramble
S18E22 / 20 Sep 2022
Port of Last Resort
S18E23 / 27 Sep 2022
Season 19
Call of a New Generation
S19E1 / 18 Apr 2023
Wheelhouse Bound
S19E2 / 25 Apr 2023
Amazing Grace
S19E3 / 02 May 2023
Bering Sea Superstition
S19E4 / 09 May 2023
In Need of Rescue
S19E5 / 16 May 2023
Blood and Treasure
S19E6 / 23 May 2023
Cold Hard World
S19E7 / 30 May 2023
Anchor Management
S19E8 / 06 Jun 2023
Million Dollar Season
S19E9 / 13 Jun 2023
Between Payday and Mayday
S19E10 / 20 Jun 2023
Loose Lips Sink Ships
S19E11 / 27 Jun 2023
Tradition of Superstition
S19E12 / 11 Jul 2023
Victory at Sea
S19E13 / 18 Jul 2023
The Better Captain
S19E14 / 01 Aug 2023
Uncharted Grounds
S19E15 / 08 Aug 2023
Pain Level Ten
S19E16 / 15 Aug 2023
Dead Reckoning
S19E17 / 22 Aug 2023
Disorder on the Border
S19E18 / 29 Aug 2023
Beware the King Tide
S19E19 / 05 Sep 2023
Battleship
S19E20 / 12 Sep 2023
Last Stand of John Hillstrand
S19E21 / 19 Sep 2023
Nautical Deathtrap
S19E22 / 26 Sep 2023
Season 20
King Crab Derby
S20E1 / 11 Jun 2024
Bering Sea Gut Check
S20E2 / 18 Jun 2024
A Titan Among Men
S20E3 / 25 Jun 2024
Lights Out!
S20E4 / 02 Jul 2024
Twice Bitten, Twice Shy
S20E5 / 16 Jul 2024
The Purpose of Porpoises
S20E6 / 23 Jul 2024
Forged in Fury
S20E7 / 30 Jul 2024
Seaborne Sacrifice
S20E8 / 06 Aug 2024
A Wrinkle in Time
S20E9 / 13 Aug 2024
Under the Gun
S20E10 / 20 Aug 2024
Blow the Man Down
S20E11 / 27 Aug 2024
Raw Winter
S20E12 / 03 Sep 2024
Merciless Seas
S20E13 / 10 Sep 2024
Anchors Away
S20E14 / 17 Sep 2024
A Bridge Too Far
S20E15 / 24 Sep 2024
My Brother's Keeper
S20E16 / 01 Oct 2024
Out Cold
S20E17 / 08 Oct 2024
Graveyard for the Lost
S20E18 / 15 Oct 2024
Nothin' but Mammals
S20E19 / 22 Oct 2024
Season 21
The Wild West
S21E1 / 01 Aug 2025
Abandon All but Hope
S21E2 / 08 Aug 2025
Typhoon Sea State
S21E3 / 15 Aug 2025Mutiny on the Confidence
S21E4 / 22 Aug 2025The Ship's Bell Tolls
S21E5 / 29 Aug 2025Boarded on the Time Bandit
S21E6 / 05 Sep 2025You're Fired, Mate!
S21E7 / 12 Sep 2025Bering Sea Casino
S21E8 / 19 Sep 2025Dire Straits
S21E9 / 26 Sep 2025Rage Bait
S21E10 / 03 Oct 2025Fail Fast, Fail Often
S21E11 / 10 Oct 2025Kidney Punch
S21E12 / 17 Oct 2025Ice Peril
S21E13 / 24 Oct 2025Bring Out the Monster
S21E14 / 24 Oct 2025Beyond the Breaking Point
S21E15 / 31 Oct 2025Million-Dollar Bounties
S21E16 / 31 Oct 2025
Keith Colburn
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