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And she sees a lot of action in one of the most brutal places on earth -- the bering sea. on this day, the alaskan monarch, a 96-foot schooner, is filled with 100,000 pounds of snow crab, and its stuck in the ice just off the coast of st. paul island, smack in the middle of the bering sea. and when the boats rudder snaps off, the four men on board are in trouble. >> i got a phone call that said, hey, weve got a fishing vessel thats trapped in the ice in st. paul, and we need you to go up there. ...

Between the "monarch" and the coast guard ship. with a steady hand she holds her position, and the crew drops their rescue basket down to the engineer. >> i have never seen anybody get in a basket that fast. he wanted out of there real bad. >> now its the skippers turn, if they can get him. >> at this point, you can just barely see the captain. were getting the basket down to him. and this is where the flight mech told me hes got the basket but hes got a chunk of ice on top of him. >> hanson has...

He is, as laura gooth expects, hypothermic. he also has a cracked rib, and bruises cover his body from the pounding hes taken from the ice and the rocks. but hes thankful to be alive. >> its wonderful to know that theres people like that out there when youre -- when theyre needed. it gives you a good feeling. >> i was just doing my job. i know that sounds trite. but the fact is thats what we do. we take a great deal of pride not only in us as pilots but also our crew being able to pull off the i...

>> we hear the captain from the "monarch" telling them were coming close to the rocks, were putting our survival suits on. when we heard them say, "survival suits on," that keyed us to say, this is not a salvage anymore, boys, wed better be ready for a rescue. >> by the time laura gooth maneuvers her chopper over the bow of the "monarch," four crewmen are ready to leave the ship. while the crews being rescued, captain morris hanson and his engineer decide to stay aboard and wait it out. the capt...