ALL
ALL WEEK
ALL WEEK WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO
TH4@E
TH4@E HARDWORKING MEN AND WOMEN WHO BRAVE THE BITTER COLD TEMPS EVERY SINGLE DAY. 4@
OUR ZACH BLANCHARD IS LIVE ON
CASCO BAY THIS MORNING WITH HIS
LAST "COOL JOB." HEY ZACH!
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4@ HEY
4@ HEY SHARON. WE'RE HERE ON THE CASCO BAY
FERRY!4@
BECAUS4@E THE REAL COOL JOBS IN
MAINE -- ARE RIGHT HERE ON THE4@
4@
4@ ATLANTIC OCEAN. 4@
THIS WATER IS IN THEIR BLOOD.
"I CAN'T IMAGINE DOING ANYTHING ELSE."4@
ELSE."4@
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4@ IT'S
4@ IT'S ALL ALEX TODD HAS EVER KNOWN.4@
"THEY SAY THAT I'M A TENTH-
GENERATION FISHERMAN FROM
THERE." 4@
PASSED ON FROM ONE GENERATION TO
THE NEXT.
"BOUT TO PUT ON OUR OIL SKINS
AND GET READY TO WORK."
AND ON THIS BOAT -- WORK MEANS
WORK -- NO MATTER WHAT TIME 4@
OF YEAR.
OF YEAR.
4@
4@ "IT'S
4@ "IT'S HARDER ON THEM THAN IT IS ON ME." 4@
ALEX'S CREW -- HIS T4@EENAGE SON
JOSHUA
JOSHUA ON
JOSHUA ON SCHOOL VACATION AND HIRE HELP LEVI GLODEN -- ARE DRAGGING FOR SCALLOPS IN
CASCO BAY.
THE SIDES OF THE BOAT ICING UP
-- THE GUYS SLIPPING ON THE DECK
--
ALL WHILE ALEX IS INSIDE THE
WARM CABIN. 4@4@
"EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I'LL OPEN
THE DOOR AND SAY NOW DO YOU
THINK
4@I SHOULD TAKE A SHIRT OFF OR?
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GETTING A
LITTLE4@
LITTLE4@
HOT.
HOT. I
HOT. I GET A KICK OUT OF IT BUT THEY DON'T SEE THE HUMOR AS MUCH."
IT'S THAT HUMOR THAT KEEPS THEM
GOING!4@
"YOU'VE BEEN DRINKING? IT'S FIVE
A CLOCK SOMEWHERE!" 4@
WITH EVERY CATCH -- THEY SORT
AND
AND MEASURE EACH SHELLFISH BY HAND -- "SOME DAYS I WISH I WAS A
BANKER. THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT
BANKING."
TOSS THEM IN4@TO THESE BASKETS.
THEN IT'S TIME TO SHUCK 'EM.4@4@
TURNS
TURNS OUT
TURNS OUT -- IT'S A LOT HARDER THAN IT LOOKS. "OH NO! YOU COULD EAT IT RAW IF
YOU REALLY WANTED TO. EAT IT
RAW?4@
RAW?4@
4@4@
4@4@ YEAH. THAT'S A BIG THING. ALRIGHT. IT'S SALTY." 4@
CATCH AFTER CATCH AFTER CATCH.
THIS JOB IS A LOT OF WORK FOR
4@4@4@
4@4@4@ LITTLE REWARD. IT CAN TAKE HOURS AND DOZENS OF DRAGS BEFORE THEY
REACH
QUOTA.
AND DOZENS OF DRAGS BEFORE THEY REACH QUOTA.4@
REACH QUOTA.4@ "FUN? YEAH FUN STUFF."
IT'S A JOB -- ALEX'S SON JOSH
DOESN'T
DOESN'T SEEM TO MIND. I GUESS IT'S A FAMILY THING. A POINT OF PRIDE." IN FACT -- AT
JUST 17 YEARS OLD -- HE WANTS TO
KEEP HIS FAMILY'S
TRADITION A LIVE. 4@
"11 GENERA4@TIONS IS A LONG TIM
EVEN IF HIS DAD IS NOT SO SURE.
"I DON'T MIND IF HE DOES THIS
BUT I THINK IT'S A DIFFERENT
TIME
NOW. HE REALLY WOULD BE SMARTER
IF HE HAD AN EDUCATION TO
FALL BACK ON IF ANY OF THE STUFF
NOW. HE REALLY WOULD BE SMARTER IF HE HAD AN EDUCATION TO FALL BACK ON IF ANY OF THE STUF@
THAT'S COMING DOWN THE LINE 4@
MAKES IT HARD TO MAKE A LIVING."
4@
4@ IT'S
4@ IT'S AN INDUSTRY WITH GROWING UNCERTAINTY IN MAINE.
AND A WHOLE LOT OF WORK.4@
BUT THIS WATER IS IN THEIR
BLOOD.
BLOOD.
BLOOD. ON
BLOOD. ON A POSITIV4@E NOTE -- EATING E
RAW SCALLOP DIDN'T MAKE ME4@ SICK.
THAT DAY IT WAS IN4@ THE SINGLE
DIGITS OUT HERE -- THIS MORNING
IT'S ...
SHARON?
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SHARON? 4@
4@
4@ NEXT
4@ NEXT ...A LOOK AT THE 5 THINGS TO KNOW AS YOU HEAD OUT THE 4@4@