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Exclusive interview with Discovery&#;s Deadliest Catch Captain Sig Hansen

The son of a Norwegian fisherman, Sig began fishing at age His father Sverre came from a long line of fishermen and was one of the first pioneers of the crab industry in Alaska. While still in high school, Sig joined his father aboard the family boat, and also had the opportunity to fish in Norwegian waters in the summers. After finishing high school, Sig took up fishing full time, and at the young age of 22, earned the position of relief captain on the Northwestern.

Four years later, he became the boat&#;s full-time captain and one of the youngest ever to take command. Sig has made a name for himself as a hard-charging captain who doesn&#;t suffer fools or disloyalty lightly.

From his earliest years at the Northwestern&#;s helm, Sig has known his position in the captain&#;s chair depends completely on results. If you can’t bring home the catch, you go back to being a deckhand. In his role as the Hansen patriarch, Sig remains fiercely protective of his top-producing operation, his reputation and his crew.

When [WATM] said we have a lot of veteran viewers, it didn’t surprise me. We’ve received so many e

Deadliest Catch: What Happened To The Northwestern?

On top of legal issues facing the Hansen family, in , Captain Sig Hansen's younger brother, Edgar Hansen, who has also appeared on "Deadliest Catch" as a crew member confessed to sexually assaulting a minor, USA Today reports. Edgar has been absent from "Deadliest Catch" since season 15, but he may still be on the crew, just not on camera. For his part, Sig has been embroiled in a decades-long sex abuse controversy related to his estranged daughter, Melissa Eckstrom, according to Seattle PI.

Before all of the legal trouble, though, the family was able to use the Northwestern for entertainment purposes outside of "Deadliest Catch." If the voice of the boat "Crabby the Boat" from the animated feature film "Cars 2" sounded familiar that's because it was: the boat itself was based on the F/V Northwestern, and the character was voiced by Captain Sig. The Northwestern even had a Disney toy made in its likeness.

On the opportunity to appear in the feature film, Hansen told My Ballard, "One thing led to another. They said, 'Hey, we need a boat.' 'I have a boat.' 'Let's do it.' It was really kind of casual. It was not

‘Deadliest Catch’: Captain Sig Hansen Faces Huge Crisis in Season 20 Finale

Season 20 of Deadliest Catchhas been full of shocking medical emergencies, weather challenges, clashing personalities, and a race against time. After a grueling six weeks on the unforgiving Bering Sea, the captains looked to finish strong during the Season Finale. Read on to see who had the biggest haul of crab. Northwestern Captain Sig Hansenran into massive issues when the power went out on the Northwestern. The panel with flipping the breakers and not having any luck. Thankfully for viewers, the producer said their cameras also ran on battery so they were still able to chronicle how the crew gets out of this situation. The year captain was forced to turn to manual steering. In total darkness, they had to sit and wait until daylight to decide what to do. Imagine that are no modern electronics like Gps with them still miles out to sea. The crew had to find a way home.

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