Overview

• The season debuted August 1 on Discovery Channel at 8 p.m. Eastern, sending the fleet farther west than any of the past 30 years.
• Sig Hansen and Johnathan Hillstrand co-captained the Time Bandit in a gold-rush scramble for monster red king crab around remote Adak Island.
• A critical failure aboard the Titan Explorer forced Jake Anderson’s crew to abandon ship in a tense cliffhanger.
• Viewers witnessed the series’ signature hazards, including 40-foot waves, 700-pound crab pots and subzero temperatures on the Bering Sea.
• Cord-cutters can stream the premiere live via Philo’s seven-day trial, DirecTV’s five-day trial or Sling’s first-month discount.