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Crabbing beneath the Bering Sea Ice in Nome | INDIE ALASKA
Season 11
Episode 3
Phillip Pryzmont hasn't been to a city in over 4 years. He spends his winters in Nome, Alaska cutting holes in the thick ice in the Norton Sound on the Bering Sea. Each of these holes contains a large crab pot that he regularly checks for Alaska Red King Crab to feed his family and sell to others.
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