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00:00Outside, it is pretty much flat calm.
00:04But by tomorrow, it's not going to be pretty.
00:09A hurricane force storm warning is in effect for the Bering Sea.
00:13Extreme caution is advised for all shipping.
00:17Wind, 55 knots, increasing to 70 knots.
00:24Waves, 33 feet, building to 47 feet by 1,800.
00:29Come on!
00:32Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Come on!
01:09This is our boat, the Aleutian Lady.
01:13She's been in our family since 1989.
01:17Very strong, very stout, very trustworthy.
01:21So this is our beautiful little girl.
01:25Captain Rick Shelford is a veteran fisherman working out of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
01:33As he prepares to head into the most notoriously dangerous fishing ground on Earth,
01:38Rick has been given a camera by National Geographic to show us his story.
01:44My kids are going to get a kick out of this.
01:47I don't even take selfies on my phone.
01:50Let's try this out.
01:51I hope it works.
01:53Here we go.
01:55I am Captain Rick of the Aleutian Lady.
01:58And we are getting ready to go out and fish the 2019 Red King crab season.
02:06I hope I don't make a fool out of myself.
02:10So, all right, I will chat with you here later and have a good day.
02:20The camera with Captain Rick is one of a thousand that National Geographic placed with people who work at sea
02:27for one typhoon season, wherever storms might strike.
02:36What Captain Rick doesn't know is that soon he'll be heading into one of the biggest and most powerful storms
02:43in history.
03:03Good afternoon, SEAL JTOPs, JTWC.
03:06Yes.
03:06Starting the upper levels in the northern hemisphere.
03:08On the IR shot, we were seeing some extra spinning.
03:13At Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, home port for the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet,
03:19the Joint Typhoon Warning Center is tracking a storm in the western Pacific.
03:25This just came in.
03:26All right, forecast intensity.
03:29Wow, that has increased significantly.
03:31Hurricane force storms in this area are called typhoons.
03:37The Joint Typhoon Warning Center is there to alert U.S. military assets if one is considered a threat.
03:45The new storm is still a long way from land, but its behavior is troubling.
03:53It's intensified far more rapidly than expected.
03:58Predicted to pass safely to the north of Guam, it's heading west towards Asia.
04:07The officer on duty is Lieutenant Caitlin Fine.
04:11If this really is rapidly intensifying, our next warning will likely be more intense.
04:16It's terrifyingly rapid growth has marked this typhoon as a special case.
04:22And even inspired its name.
04:26Hagabus.
04:30A Filipino word meaning speed.
04:35As they watch, the intensification becomes even more explosive.
04:43And it's just getting started.
04:47We see rapid intensification pretty frequently, but this degree of rapid intensification was really, really fast.
04:57This is Tropical Storm Hagabus at 50 knots on the 6th of October at 0600 Zulu.
05:03And you can see it's wrapping, but it's not that well organized.
05:07It's not that strong.
05:0824 hours later at 0600 on the 7th of October, it is 150 knots, and then 160 knots, and then
05:19165 knots.
05:24Overnight, Hagabus has undergone some of the most rapid intensification ever seen.
05:32Its maximum wind speeds have increased by 100 miles per hour, making Hagabus a Category 5 super typhoon.
05:43The most powerful storm of the year anywhere on Earth.
05:51At 950 miles across, it is one of the largest typhoons ever recorded.
06:00In a matter of days, this megastorm could make landfall in East Asia.
06:09Around the world, our cameras are with forecasters as they battle to predict where Hagabus will go next, and who
06:18lies in its path.
06:20So just one day later, and the model guidance has shifted significantly from this.
06:28Bigger spread, our model guidance through a straight northward path there at the end through 120 hours.
06:35Then one day later, model guidance has shifted, showing a more pronounced recurve and landfall on Tokyo.
06:45The forecasts are unanimous.
06:48In less than three days' time, Hagabus will make a direct hit on Tokyo, Japan.
06:57One of the most populated regions on Earth.
07:05As Hagabus bears down on Japan, vessels filming for National Geographic must react fast to the news it's headed their
07:13way.
07:15Good morning, everyone.
07:17BW Shinano at Kashima Port.
07:20Well, you can see the seas are not so bad at the moment.
07:24For the next two days' time, it would be very, very bad weather over here.
07:28And probably the port would be closed down.
07:31Oil tanker the BW Shinano is heading from Kashima near Tokyo to China.
07:37But her planned route would put her on a collision course with Hagabus.
07:42Instead, Captain Talati makes the decision to depart immediately
07:46and head north and then west to put the Japanese islands between her and the typhoon.
07:53Hagabus is now less than 24 hours from Japan.
07:59Japan bracing as a powerful typhoon is expected to make landfall in the coming hours.
08:07Japan has issued its highest possible level of warning,
08:10with one-third of its entire population advised to evacuate or move to a higher floor.
08:16Everybody is quite concerned with the strength of what's about to hit us.
08:20Those that remain are racing to board up their houses and businesses.
08:25And the nation's many fishermen are moving their boats as far inland as they can.
08:32The water in the river is moving faster than normal.
08:35And apparently there's going to be huge storm surges.
08:38And I'm a little curious to see what effect that will have on this river.
08:42Like, is it going to overflow?
08:52Shinano's detour into the sea of Japan means she is more than 400 miles from the heart of Hagabus,
08:58but still experiencing its effects.
09:00It's capital reporting.
09:03Overcast skies, strong winds, rough seas.
09:07This is the effect of the storm Hagabuz.
09:13Had she not moved, it could have been much worse.
09:20As Hagabuz meets cooler water and hits land, its winds de-intensify to the equivalent of a Category 2 hurricane.
09:32But not enough to make Japan safe.
09:38As it makes landfall, the supercell thunderstorms from inside the typhoon spawn a violent tornado.
09:46Ah!
09:47Ah!
09:48Ah!
09:48It's the sun!
09:50It's the sun!
09:51It's the sun!
09:52It's the sun!
09:53It's the sun!
09:54It's the sun!
09:54It's the sun!
10:03Hagabuz's large size and the long time it's spent over open ocean means it is carrying an unprecedented volume of
10:11water which falls as rain.
10:19As its core crosses Japan's main island of Honshu, some areas receive three feet of rainfall in just 24 hours.
10:31Rivers burst their banks and mudslides engulf houses.
10:39Catastrophic flooding rather than high winds have become the killer in this typhoon.
10:51Hagabuz causes 15 billion dollars worth of damage.
10:56And 98 people tragically lose their lives.
11:02As Hagabuz leaves behind a broken Japan, forecasters fear it may not be the end of this rule-breaking monster.
11:12Thousands of miles away, our cameras are with crab fishermen in the Aleutian chain waiting to start their season.
11:20But Hagabuz is about to change everything.
11:24It's gonna be a heck of a blow with a lot of wind and a lot of waves.
11:35After devastating Japan, typhoon Hagabuz is mutating.
11:40Having made landfall in Tokyo, we determined that it was extra tropical and then this infrared image here at 100Z
11:47on the 13th of October.
11:49You can see all the convection is displaced as it's being blown away by the jet at the upper levels
11:55of the atmosphere.
11:56As it leaves behind the warm waters that birthed it, Hagabuz is undergoing a transformation.
12:04No longer drawing energy from the heat of the tropical waters, it is now powered by the extreme difference in
12:11temperature where hot and cold air meet to become an extra tropical cyclone.
12:17Less organized, more chaotic and much, much bigger.
12:23It's gonna head northeast carried along by the jet into the Bering Sea.
12:27Certainly, you know, it's still moving on with a lot of energy.
12:32In its extra tropical form, Hagabuz has entered the jet stream and is being catapulted northeast directly towards the Aleutian
12:41Island chain and the Bering Sea, home of the Alaskan King Crab fleet.
12:51Good morning.
12:52We are going to do a briefing at the lead desk.
12:54Thank you for your attention to this matter.
12:56The Aleutians are west of the Alaska Peninsula.
12:59The National Weather Service in Anchorage call an urgent briefing to issue warnings for the fishing fleet that Hagabuz is
13:06coming.
13:07Let's take a quick look at what's going on on satellite here.
13:12And things are relatively quiet out our windows, but out over the Bering, things are starting to take shape with
13:20the remnants of Hagabuz.
13:21And so that is kind of our forecast problem of the day.
13:26In under 48 hours, Hagabuz will enter the Bering Sea, bringing with it waves in excess of 40 feet, right
13:35where the crab boats will be fishing.
13:38The Weather Service issue urgent warnings to the fleet to change their departure plans and avoid the Bering Sea.
13:49The vessels carrying our cameras must make a choice their lives could depend on.
13:55To ride out the storm at sea and risk being rolled by a wave, or to crowd into the port
14:02where winds could smash their boats together.
14:07Security call of Kari Marie outbound east channel.
14:10Server opposing traffic, channel 16 channel line, Kari Marie.
14:15The possibility of 40 to 50 foot seas, 70 knot winds.
14:20It's just, it's not worth the risk.
14:29With just 12 hours before Hagabuz strikes, the Kari Marie and dozens of other crab boats will take shelter in
14:38Dutch Harbor.
14:42We're in.
14:45Tight squeeze, but we got it.
14:50So, this is us getting the boat ready for really bad weather in Dutch Harbor.
14:56We don't want to part any lines, we don't want to break free.
15:00We want to stay secure, safe, so we can sleep at night and not get woke up at 3 a
15:05.m. to fix the tie up job.
15:08With so many vessels now in port, one boat coming loose in the typhoon could destroy half the fleet.
15:16Whoa.
15:17Right there.
15:18They're good.
15:19You're even.
15:20We pull the lines even, so they pull at the same time and get tight at the same time.
15:26Then it's twice as strong.
15:29The king crab season opens tomorrow.
15:33Under normal circumstances, boats would race to be first onto the best crab grounds, saving time and money.
15:43But the 40-foot waves predicted from Hagabuz could sink a crab boat at sea.
15:50The pinnacle is using her time in port to pre-bait her pots.
15:55There's a bunch of crabbers here waiting for this to pass through, so we're just doing a little pre-bait.
16:03Normally we do this on the way up to the grounds, so it's going to be kind of rough on
16:07the way out, so the guys are doing this here in town.
16:10A few scoops of herring and some squid.
16:14Hagabuz is now within 500 miles of Dutch Harbor.
16:19Outside it is pretty much flat calm, the calm before the storm.
16:26Beautiful evening.
16:29Crews able to work still out on deck, doing their gear work.
16:35Not much wind at all.
16:37But by tomorrow, it's not going to be pretty.
17:02The US Coast Guard has a specialist asset in the Bering Sea, a powerful ex-salvage cutter, the Alex Haley.
17:11One of the big challenges with this particular super typhoon is the way that it's going across the entire Bering
17:18and Gulf of Alaska.
17:20As we look at the Bering Sea, this whole region is going to be affected by super typhoon Hagabuz.
17:28To provide cover for any crab boats that opted to weather the storm at sea,
17:34Commander Golightly needs to move his vessel towards the storm.
17:39Search and rescue is always a mission for the Coast Guard.
17:42And up there with the fishing fleet, a $6.4 billion industry, we're there to help protect that fishing fleet.
17:49Hagabuz is less than eight hours away.
17:52Dutch Harbor's here.
17:54Most of this storm is going to be really pretty nasty in this area.
17:59I'm going to go around the corner here to Beaver Inlet and basically position the ship in there.
18:05The fishing fleet as they go up and operate are primarily going to probably be maybe up in this area
18:09when they're looking for the crabs.
18:11And so if we needed to, we can get out and get up to try and help them.
18:15But we're going to have to bang into some pretty heavy seas to get there.
18:2031.
18:2831, 30, go back, go back!
18:3132.
18:33Roger, 32.
18:37The Alex Haley needs to move now in order to be in position to protect herself and the fishing fleet.
18:46The 40-foot waves expected from Hagabuz could overwhelm her if she was caught in the open.
18:53We are, as you can see by the bulldog, we are the bulldog of the Bering Sea.
18:57That's what we've nicknamed ourselves and we're pretty proud about that.
19:04On route to her new location, the Alex Haley has a chance to practice the helicopter maneuvers required to undertake
19:11search and rescue in a storm.
19:21Winds over 30 to 35 knots, seas over 8 to 10 feet.
19:26My ability to launch a helicopter is significantly degraded.
19:30So we're constantly training and trying to build in that expertise.
19:44Alaska, warning point, Anchorage weather.
19:52Good afternoon, sir.
19:53Good afternoon, sir.
19:53We've issued, or correction, we've upgraded our high wind watch to a high wind warning for zone 195.
20:01We're looking at winds of 55 to 65 with gusts to 75 miles an hour.
20:07Roger that.
20:09Anchorage weather clear.
20:11At the National Weather Service in Anchorage, the forecast is rapidly updated.
20:17Hagabuz is moving further north, but it's grown so huge it's pulling in another storm and steering it towards the
20:24Aleutians.
20:27Up here in the infrared imagery, we can see Hagabuz, and this is our next storm moving into the Bering.
20:37When two large storms come within a thousand miles, they can begin to circle one another.
20:43This rare phenomenon can alter the tracks of both storms in a way that's dangerously unpredictable.
20:51As it approaches the Bering Sea, Hagabuz has sucked in a second major storm system from Russia and sent it
20:59spinning in a completely new direction.
21:01You can see the circulation center of Hagabuz starting to move ashore along the Siberian coast, and it's helping funnel
21:10down some colder air from Siberia.
21:13And then with this storm starting to get really wrapped up, that's helping pull the dry air in even more.
21:19At Suatha, hurricane force winds will continue to trek across the southern Bering.
21:26Due to the power of Hagabuz, the second storm, which would have passed safely over the western Aleutians, is now
21:33heading directly towards the crab fleet.
21:37They lucked out and missed the worst conditions yesterday.
21:42That's not going to be the case with this storm. It's going to come right across them.
21:52For one hurricane season, National Geographic gave 1,000 cameras to fishing boats and ships working in the world's stormiest
22:01seas.
22:03Right now, some of those vessels are in the path of the biggest storm of the year.
22:10One of our cameras is riding on board the tanker Ardmore Dauntless, taking a load of canola oil from Portland,
22:18Oregon to South Korea.
22:20Ahead lie vast storms stirred up in the fallout from Typhoon Hagabuz.
22:26Despite her high-tech weather systems and route advice from Ardmore HQ, there's no escape from the giant seas.
22:33Captain Isaac is faced by bad weather on all sides.
22:37The weather facts we have received now and discovering almost entire Pacific region.
22:43So there is no option of altering and getting away from this system.
22:47We are expecting the wave waves to be hitting around six to seven meters.
22:52And as per our company policy, we have to avoid the waves of more than five meters.
23:00With bad weather in every direction, the Ardmore Dauntless is facing waves of more than 22 feet
23:06as she picks a route right through the storm.
23:12One of the world's busiest shipping lanes passes right through the Bering Sea.
23:17The Great Circle Route connecting the USA with Asia.
23:20The Great Circle Route is essentially like a highway on water where you're going to just have a lot of
23:26marine traffic.
23:27And you get one of these systems coming through there with significant winds and waves.
23:32It poses an inherent hazard to not only the vessels themselves, but the crews on board.
23:44As she travels further west, the waves striking the Dauntless are getting bigger.
23:50The safety of the crew is paramount. Watch out for the high waves which are going to hit us from
23:56a beam.
23:58A ship being hit by waves from the side, or its beam,
24:04is vulnerable to taking on water and even sinking.
24:11We will be passing south of Aleutian Islands, and we have extremely bad weather conditions in the entire Pacific region
24:19now.
24:22The Dauntless is now 250 miles south of the Aleutian Islands chain, and the ocean is becoming ever more turbulent.
24:32We are expecting wave waves to hit almost seven to eight meters, winds to go to 40, 50 knots.
24:39The Dauntless is now facing waves up to 30 feet.
24:44Bering Sea Mariners know this shipping route has ended in disaster in the past.
24:52In 2004, the merchant ship Selandang IU was caught in a storm attempting this passage between the USA and Asia.
25:01She ran aground and started to break apart.
25:08The vessel that came to her rescue was U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley.
25:13If you end up in the water, it's minutes of survival.
25:16And even with a dry suit and proper gear, it's a few hours.
25:23They were able to rescue 20 of the crew members.
25:28But ship, cargo, and six mariners were lost.
25:33Lessons from Selandang IU are always in the back of your mind,
25:37just kind of showing that this could happen again.
25:44Good morning.
25:46Probably look like hell.
25:47Didn't sleep well.
25:50Hurricane Hitchibus has come to Dutch Harbor in force.
25:55Yeah, dude.
25:56Come here.
26:05Super Typhoon Hagabus, the largest and most destructive storm on Earth so far this year,
26:11has caused chaos in the Bering Sea, sucking in a second major storm system
26:19and hurling it right towards the King Crab fleet, hiding out in Dutch Harbor.
26:25We keep blowing out our buoys because we're surging into the boat next to us.
26:31So we've got to keep adding buoys so we don't smash into the other boat.
26:37But it is gnarly.
26:39There was recorded winds this morning of 97 miles an hour.
26:45And it is just a butt kicker.
27:04A few hundred miles to the south, the oil tanker Dauntless has reached the halfway point between the USA and
27:11Asia.
27:14Her route has taken her directly into storms south of the Aleutians.
27:20This far north, storms bring not only high winds and waves, but also ice, snow, and freezing waters.
27:29Dauntless is dangerously exposed.
27:33I'm expecting the temperature to be dropping to minus two, minus three almost,
27:37and that will be sub-zero and we have to ensure all our lines are properly drained.
27:45This is a snow storm coming now.
27:50Extreme cold temperatures can ruin her cargo of canola oil.
27:54They can also freeze firefighting and lifeboat rigs, rendering life-saving equipment useless right when it's needed most.
28:08Dauntless still has 10 days and 2,000 miles in front of her before she reaches safety.
28:25There's no danger to the lake in the water.
28:25How was it back there?
28:27It was very windy!
28:29Very cold!
28:31Pretty nautical this morning.
28:33Yeah, I did this.
28:34It happened pretty good when I did nautical.
28:37There goes my hat.
28:42The transit of Hagabas through the Bering Sea has forced the Dutch Harbor fishermen to miss
28:47the start of the king crab season. Having paid out for fuel, bait, and food, they need to fill
28:53their quotas with the best crab if they're going to make a profit. The faster we get this done,
28:58the faster I get to the home of my family, my wife, three kids.
29:12But the sea is dangerously unsettled. The effect of Hagabas, followed by the second storm it attracted,
29:24is that major waves are now expected in the Bering.
29:53Capsizing is the biggest killer of Bering Sea fishermen, and the reason
29:57this is the most dangerous job in America.
30:00It's getting pretty nasty out there, so we try and do everything we can ahead of time
30:04at the dock here to make sure it's stable and secure.
30:11Nice!
30:14With the pots secure, they head out into the freezing Bering for the overnight journey to
30:21their fishing grounds. They are about to find out what Hagabas has done to the Bering.
30:31So, weather started to pick up even more. We're getting gusts up to 45, seas up to 16 feet. So,
30:40we are going to jog tonight, try to get some sleep.
30:43With the boat moving and slamming around, not looking forward to it. It's going to be brutal. So, alright, I'm
30:51going to bed.
31:00All across the Pacific, ships are filming for National Geographic as they feel the fallout from Hagabas.
31:20The Canadian Navy vessel HMCS Ottawa is heading home from Hawaii to British Columbia after a long tour in the
31:28Western Pacific, enforcing sanctions on North Korea.
31:31Much upstairs, 045.
31:35But her route has her on a collision course with the shockwaves of the Aleutian storms.
31:45Okay, what you got this morning?
31:47Lots of weather, sir.
31:49Here's some of the systems that are affecting us. There's this low-pressure system just in the Aleutians,
31:53and it's got that very tight pressure gradient with the strong winds pushing a lot of seas towards us.
32:01To get home on time, they have no choice but to push through the waves.
32:06The closer they get to home, the worse the conditions will get.
32:11We sort of got one route to get us home on time, so we'll be going through some of that
32:15weather.
32:16So, we're looking at upwards of six meters, possibly more, for seas as we train us to home.
32:25Navy frigates are huge and heavy.
32:28Instead of being thrown up and down on top of the swell, their size allows them to punch through waves
32:35coming straight at the bow.
32:40But carrying out routine work always becomes much more challenging in heavy seas.
32:47Here we have the latest surface analysis.
32:49Impacts basically just strong winds and projected four to five meter seas.
32:53It could still build from now, but still severe impact on operations.
32:57Not really good for launching the boats or anything.
32:59Any questions, sir?
33:00No?
33:01Okay.
33:01Thanks.
33:03Any system engaged?
33:06Shoot.
33:07Roger.
33:10You find that they're a little short?
33:12They were, for sure.
33:13For an active warship, the building's seas offer a chance to practice range accuracy in rough conditions.
33:20If they have to do this for real, it won't be in perfect weather.
33:37In the Aleutians, Captain Rick has finally been able to start fishing.
33:43It is so amazing to be off the dock.
33:46We have been tied up for way too long, so time to play and have fun.
33:52Every time I leave the dock, it's exciting.
33:56It's a new adventure.
33:57It's part of my blood.
33:58It's part of my soul.
33:59It's being out at sea.
34:02They are fishing 170 miles northeast of Dutch Harbor.
34:06But Super Typhoon Hagabus has brought havoc across the entire Bering Sea.
34:11Churning out giant waves and wind still gusting at hurricane force.
34:16I have four chiefs here.
34:19We're a king crab fishing in the nasty weather.
34:25Probably blowing about 45 right now at 20-foot seas.
34:34It's a real trick for the captain to drive up on the gear.
34:38Very effectively.
34:41The guy in the rental, throw the hook out at the tree.
34:45After capsizing, falling overboard is the most common cause of death for crab fishing.
34:52Accidents on the deck also account for a high number of fatalities.
34:56Okay, I'm going to walk around here and do some work.
34:59Coiling the line.
35:02That's Noah's for us to hook.
35:05He's been here eight years.
35:07That's Noah.
35:08Noah has been here six years.
35:10Right now, he's one of the hydraulic controls.
35:13Very important that he does it right.
35:16Give me hands.
35:18Come on.
35:22The passage of the typhoon has caused an unexpected
35:25problem.
35:27Warmer water swept in from the tropics with the storm can cause king crab to shift hundreds
35:32of miles, making them harder to find.
35:37The Aleutian lady is turning up a lot of undersized crab, which must be thrown back.
35:43If she can't make up for lost time now, the risks will have been for nothing.
35:59The Ardmore Dauntless has been pushing through 20-foot waves for over a week.
36:09Drawing on his experience, Captain Isaac orients the Dauntless to avoid taking waves side on, and steers a more sheltered
36:19route in the lee of the Kuril Islands.
36:25After 18 consecutive stormy days, Captain Isaac delivers her safely to her destination in South Korea.
36:33A little late, but with crew and cargo intact.
36:41We reduced our speed, and we took waves on the safer side, and we arrived finally for the next destination.
36:50Very safe.
36:51And that is always a relief to do so.
37:00Deep in the Bering Sea, Captain Rick is hauling his crab pots.
37:08Hampered by the storm, his first 108 pots have caught only 78 crab.
37:22If I mess up, and I don't find the crab, it's just like, man, I failed my guys, I failed
37:27my crew.
37:29It's such a huge responsibility.
37:34My hands hurt really bad.
37:37Everything on this boat, hard.
37:40Old, wet, tired.
37:43Worn out.
37:46You got to pick it up and always know that there is tomorrow.
37:49I mean, you really never know whether half mile away, one mile away, you're going to have the mother load.
37:55And you just have to keep on going.
37:58Where?
38:10Oh, Yesini?
38:14What is it?
38:21What is it?
38:26Look, Let's go.
38:33This is a big one, he probably weighs 10 pounds, that's where we're getting $9 a pound from
38:38this, so this guy's worth almost $100.
38:43There's the crab in the tank, the tank's full, there's probably 70,000 pounds in there.
38:49Just always got to stay positive because you don't know what the next day's going to be,
38:53what the next string's going to be, what the next pot's going to be.
38:56And, lo and behold, I think we nailed it right on him.
39:06HMCS Ottawa is taking a direct line home through the shockwaves of the Alaskan storm systems.
39:13We're a warship.
39:14We can't let a little bad weather stop us from getting to where we want to go.
39:22Whoo!
39:23It's like going through the car wash.
39:26Taking waves on the bow is the safest strategy, but will burn up to 20% more fuel, and it
39:34won't be a comfortable ride.
39:37It just makes life a little bit harder for people getting out of bed, walking down the
39:43flats, or what we, that's what we call the hallways in the ship.
39:46Or even just standing in a shower and trying not to bounce off the sides of the shower as
39:51you're trying to rinse the soap out of your eyes as you're bouncing back and forth.
39:59We're just going to stay similar sea state to this for the next few days.
40:10In the Bering Sea, Captain Mark Casto and the crew of the pinnacle are still fishing in
40:16treacherous conditions.
40:17It's, uh, 12.37 in the afternoon.
40:23Pretty good storm.
40:29Steven Jameson pinnacle.
40:31It's a little breezy out, so we'll try to take you out there and see what happens.
40:44Veteran fishermen like Steven know all too well the risks of the job.
40:57Constantly stormy weather in the Bering increases the risk of swells interacting to form freak,
41:04giant waves.
41:21Once the crabs are removed, the pots have to be stacked and tied down so the boat can move
41:26to the next location.
41:28On the pinnacle, it's Steven's job to secure them so they don't risk rolling the boat over.
41:40To balance on top of the rolling stack with no harness and only a life jacket for protection
41:46is to take your life in your hands.
42:00Falling into the freezing water would mean almost certain death.
42:12After five days of fishing in the shadow of Typhoon Hagabas, the Aleutian lady is about to make dock with
42:20her cargo of crab.
42:26It was a bear getting in here.
42:28The wind was blowing off us off the dock, but we got in and I'm going to take a walk
42:33around and show you what we accomplished the past five days.
42:54The Aleutian lady was the most successful boat that went out as Hagabas passed over the Bering.
43:07Hagabas finally dissipated over eastern Siberia as it approached the Arctic Circle.
43:14It will go down in history as a record breaker for its flood damage in Japan.
43:21Hagabas went from tropical storm strength to a category five typhoon in less than a 24 hour period.
43:30The most costly typhoon of all time.
43:36Its impact felt thousands of miles from its tropical birthplace, threatening lives and livelihoods across the Pacific.
43:45In a world of accelerating change, as storms become more powerful and less predictable, Hagabas was a warning.
43:57Summoned from the deepest and largest ocean on earth.
44:16The major't-in-law was a huge thing.
44:22The main reason was that it was here to protect the island of Japan and the sea.
44:22The water-conditioned are pretty much more expensive.
44:23The water-conditioned are pretty much more expensive.
44:23It all has to be used in the sky.
44:24The water-conditioned is a hot channel.
44:24The water-conditioned is a great number of the Elterners.