Sig Hansen's House

Sig hensen, the Captain of the fishing vessel Northwestern, featured in all seasons of the Discovery Channel TV series Deadliest Catch, lives here in his off season. Sigurd Jonny "Sig" Hansen is the captain of the fishing vessel Northwestern, made famous by the Deadliest Catch. Since 2006, Hansen has been featured in each season of the documentary television series Deadliest Catch, serving also as technical advisor for the production.

Sigurd Jonny Hansen was born the oldest of three sons of Sverre Hansen in Seattle, descended from a long lineage of Norwegian-ancestry fishermen. His father and grandfather pioneered opilio crab fishing in Alaska as a way of giving crab boats a chance to earn money year-round rather than in short-term or late-year seasons. He began fishing at age 14, working on his family's boat. After he graduated from high school, he began fishing year-round, spending on average 10 months per year in Alaska and the Bering Sea. Occasionally he also fished mackerel and cod in Norway during the summer. In his early years, he cut school so that he could go fishing.

Captain Sig Hansen has a net worth of $3 million. Captain Sig Hansen accumulated his net worth through his career as Captain of a fishing vessel, author of a best selling book, and personal and TV appearances. He also earns a salary of $500 thousand per season on Deadliest Catch. At 22, Sig started running the Northwestern, by relieving captains, a job that is known as "relief skipper", and at the age of 24, Sig was running the Northwestern full time. Over the years, the Northwestern has been one of the best performing boats in the fleet, which is a credit to his command. He is a fourth-generation Norwegian fisherman and is very superstitious. He and his brothers, Norman and Edgar, not only work on the Northwestern, they also own it. The brothers have been fishing and working together for almost 20 years. Sig and his wife June have two daughters and they live in Seattle, Washington. In 2015, Hansen also joined the cast of the hit NBC reality show, Celebrity Apprentice with Donald Trump. Deadliest Catch debuted on the Discovery Channel in 2005 and entered into its 13th season in 2017. Hansen also serves as a technical adviser for the series. He suffered a heart attack in 2016 which was documented on the show. He authored the book North by Northwestern: A Seafaring Family on Deadly Alaskan Waters in 2010 and it became a New York Times bestseller. Hansen voiced the role of the boat Crabby in the movie Cars 2.