'Deadliest Catch' : Captain Keith Colburn Takes on Monster Swell in First Look at New Season

Deadliest Catchfans have witnessed Alaska’s crab boats take on the harshest of conditions for years — but it never gets less terrifying.

In PEOPLE’s exclusive sneak peek at Tuesday’s season 17 premiere, Captain Keith Colburn and his crew are fishing the stormy seas aboard the F/V Wizard.

“If the crab doesn’t hit, do I have a plan B, C or D?” Keith says. “No, but I’ll make one.”

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Ahead of Tuesday’s season premiere,a sneak peekpreviewed how COVID-19 has impacted the crabbing fleet.

“Looking kind of empty,“Captain Sig Hansensaid to his crew as they struggled to do their jobs in Dutch Harbour, Alaska, amid the pandemic. “You know, I’ve been coming up here for 42 years, and I’ve never seen anything like this.”

Season 17 ofDeadliest Catchpremieres Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET on Discovery and isstreaming on discovery+.

source: people.com