The Arctic Rose moves through Shilshole Bay just west of the Ballard Locks. The boat sank in the Bering Sea on April 2. Part two of two From the air, Dutch Harbor's piers wrap around the foot of a cloud-shrouded volcanic peak that rises up at the edge of one of the world's most abundant seas. This is North America's biggest fishing port, an industrial toehold in the rugged, stark landscape of the Aleutian Islands.
Trawlers unload thousands of tons of fish.
Crabbers take on steel-trap pots for their next trip to the harvest grounds. On April 12, a balmy gray day, Coast Guard Lt. James Robertson touched down at the airport, checked in at the Grand Aleutian Hotel, and began his search for clues to the sinking of a trawler called the Arctic Rose owned by a Seattle seafood company. It sank suddenly in moderate seas. There were no survivors and no last-minute mayday. Heading the probe is Capt.