From David’s review: “Tenders, for the uninitiated, aren’t fishing vessels. They’re used for transport, both for hauling caught fish from ships to processing facilities, and for bringing needed items from shore to the boats.  This relieves crews of the need to waste precious time going back and forth and focus instead on  their jobs.

“Winters and her husband spent two decades working Alaska’s assorted fisheries. These ranged from the always popular salmon, to cod, to herring, and more, herring being the fish that brought them to the Bering Sea. And while most of the work took place in summer months, it wasn’t unheard of for them to venture out even in the dead of winter. Seas, of course, ran the gamut from placid to raging.”