Nights of Ice

A critically acclaimed account of the dangerous and harrowing job of fishing off of the treacherous, subzero Alaskan coastline: “Addicts of true adventure tales will find few more exciting collections” (Publishers Weekly).

Spike Walker has spent more than a decade fishing in the subzero hell of Alaska's coastal waters. This collection—coming on the heels of his classic memoir Working on the Edge—is a testament to the courage of those who brave nature’s wrath each fishing season, and to the uncontrolled power of nature herself. The crewmen in Nights of Ice face a constant onslaught of roaring waves, stories-high swells, and life-stealing ice. Tested by the elements, these seamen battle for their vessels and their lives, on every page evincing a level of courage and a will to live seldom found elsewhere in modern society.

“You will experience the arctic world, one of drifting fields of polar ice, powerful rip tides, and hurricane-force winds, and be amazed by these men who challenge unmerciful conditions and sometimes survive to tell the tale.” —Pacific Fisherman Magazine

“Grab-you-by-the-throat, rip-snorting tales of disaster on furious high seas.” —Kirkus Reviews