This Emmy®-winning series, broadcast in high definition, follows the now legendary captains and crews of five crab-fishing vessels on the Bering Sea doing one of the deadliest - and most lucrative - jobs in the world.

The brave men endure subzero arctic weather, 60-mph winds and turbulent seas with waves the size of four-story buildings, all on three to four hours of sleep each night - if they're lucky. To add to the weather nightmare, a thousand gallons of water crashes onto the deck every 30 seconds, freezing as it hits the boat. To prevent the boat from becoming too top-heavy and capsizing at sea, deckhands are continuously forced to stop fishing and spend hours clearing the ice with sledgehammers.

DEADLIEST CATCH will return for its sixth season in 2010.