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Need to cross the boat from the wheelhouse to the bow. >> from our point of view they got about halfway across. we saw the captain slip, go down on his knees, and this huge mound of ice just crushed -- came across the beck and swept them overboard. >> oh, no! >> the two men are flung into 28-degree water. the tide pulls them dangerously close to the monarch. it looks like they'll be crushed by their own ship. now they're at the mercy of mother nature. >> waves come in sets, so not only were they hammered by that one wave that washed them over, there were about three others that came through, j...

Got about halfway across. we saw the captain slip, go down on his knees, and this huge mound of ice just crushed -- came across the beck and swept them overboard. >> oh, no! >> the two men are flung into 28-degree water. the tide pulls them dangerously close to the monarch. it looks like they'll be crushed by their own ship. now they're at the mercy of mother nature. >> waves come in sets, so not only were they hammered by that one wave that washed them over, there were about three others that came through, just boom, boom, boom, right on top of them, crushing them. we're sitting up here going...

We saw the captain slip, go down on his knees, and this huge mound of ice just crushed -- came across the deck and swept them overboard. >> oh, no! >> the two men are flung into 28-degree water. the tide pulls them dangerously close to the monarch. it looks like they'll be crushed by their own ship. now they're at the mercy of mother nature. >> waves come in sets, so not only were they hammered by that one wave that washed them over, there were about three others that came through, just boom, boom, boom, right on top of them, crushing them. we're sitting up here going, what are we going to do ...

On this day, the alaskan monarch, a 96-foot schooner, is filled with 100,000 pounds of snow crab, and it's stuck in the ice just off the coast of st. paul island, smack in the middle of the bering sea. and when the boat's rudder snaps off, the four men on board are in trouble. >> i got a phone call that said, hey, we've got a fishing vessel that's trapped in the ice in st. paul, and we need you to go up there. >> gooth and her crew will have to fly 600 miles to get to the ship, which will take them six hours. meanwhile the coast guard cutter rushes toward st. paul island, muscles in as close a...

Commercial fishing is one of america's most dangerous jobs. >> we've got boats that go down, we've got fishermen that fall overboard. >> and the most dangerous type of fishing is crab fishing. the reason? the best season for crabs is during the worst weather. >> they're pitting themselves against mother nature. mother nature wins sometimes. >> lieutenant commander laura gooth is a helicopter rescue pilot for the coast guard stationed in alaska. 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 w...