Walker, Spike: - Spike Walker spent nine seasons as a crewman aboard some of the Most successful Crab boats in the Alaskan fleet.
He is the author of several works of nonfiction, including Working on the Edge, Nights of Ice , and Coming Back Alive ..
In addition to his crab-Fishing experience, Spike Walker has worked in the offshore oilfields of Louisiana and Texas; along the Mississippi River as a certified, commercial deep-sea diver; and in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska as a logger.
While Working on the edge, the crewmen\'s term for laboring in the brutal outer reaches of the Bering Sea, Spike encountered 110-mph winds, rode out one of the worst storms in Alaska\'s history, worked nonstop for seventy-four hours without sleep, participated in record catches of King crab, saw ships sink, helped rescue their crews, and had close friends die at sea.
Walker, Spike: - Spike Walker spent nine seasons as a crewman aboard some of the Most successful Crab boats in the Alaskan fleet
