Record Bering Sea ice hinders Deadliest Catch fishermen: In an ideal world, I wonder if Kevin Trenberth could see this climate change from Sarah Palin's window?

‘Deadliest Catch’: Capt. Keith Colburn talks ‘epic’ season in Bering Sea ice - From Inside the Box - Zap2it

"...there's no question this is the worst year we ever had, not on TV, not on 'Deadliest Catch.' I've been doing this 27 years; we've never seen anything like this."

For the crab fleet, it all came down to one word -- "ice."

"I've seen snippets of this," says Colburn, "working 150 miles north of the rest of the fleet, working in the ice, but nobody's ever seen anything like this.

Dead in the Ice | Deadliest Catch - YouTube

On the Wizard, Captain Keith Colburn attempts to navigate his crab boat through tons of lingering ice.

Flashback: In Alaska's Bering Sea, receding ice helps fishermen to fill snow crab quota | Alaska Dispatch

Normally, the opilio snow crab season is over by March or April. But this year was different because of ice covering the fishing grounds for much of the season, denying fishermen access to the little opilio, which average 1.2 pounds.

The fishery was set to close on May 31, but Fish and Game gave fishermen a couple of extra weeks, until June 15.

“Record sea ice significantly reduced available fishing grounds through a large portion of the Bering Sea snow crab season. Extensive ice coverage has persisted into mid-May resulting in 23 percent of the snow crab total allowable catch unharvested,” according to the Fish and Game press release announcing the extension.

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"Look out the window and right now I think you can see climate change in action," Trenberth said.