He was previously married to Lisa Eckstrom. Captain Sig Hansen had his boat, Northwestern, reevaluated during Deadliest Catch Tuesday night. [2] As of 2011, Hansen serves as the full-time captain during king and opilio crab seasons, as well as the pot cod fishery on the Northwestern. Want daily pop culture news delivered to your inbox? His father and grandfather invented opilio crab fishing in Alaska. Sig Hansen from "The Deadliest Catch" talks with King Harald V of Norway at the Pacific Fisherman Shipyard in Ballard on Friday, May 22, 2015. Sign up here for Yahoo Entertainment & Lifestyle's newsletter. October is packed with great movies and several new and returning TV series. [6] He competed in the 14th season of The Celebrity Apprentice. His youngest daughter, Mandy, has joined her father on the Northwestern as his relief captain. Hit us up on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram, or leave your comments below. The Discovery star instantly experienced chest pain, and a blood level test confirmed that he was in the midst of cardiac arrest. “That's a number I can live with,” said Hansen. No specifics or updates were provided. Born on 28 April 1966 in Seattle, Washington(US) -he has enacted and featured in many documentary series such as “Deadliest Catch” in 2006, earning $500 thousand for every season and also was the part of movies and t.v. [citation needed], He provided the voice of a boat named Crabby (modeled after the Northwestern) in the Disney Pixar film Cars 2. [citation needed]. Sigurd Jonny "Sig" Hansen (born April 28, 1966) is an American captain of the fishing vessel F/V Northwestern. Expand your Outlook. The father of two initially underwent cardiac arrest in 2016 while at sea. Sigurd Jonny "Sig" Hansen (born April 28, 1966) is an American captain of the fishing vessel F/V Northwestern. “Deadliest Catch” star Sig Hansen suffered a heart attack during filming of the Discovery Channel series early Wednesday morning. Deadliest Catch airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on Discovery. Shows like “After the catch” and “Cars 2”. While preparing for the upcoming crab season, Hansen decided to have a naval architect perform a stability test on his boat in hopes of avoiding a similar fate.

Sig Hansen was born on April 28, 1966 in Seattle, Washington, USA as Sigurd Jonny Hansen.

You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. The rumors went on because of him, being hospitalized for the unknown cause at that time when he was on the way to Norway with his wife, June. He is a fourth-generation Norwegian fisherman, that has been fishing since his early teens, and is the oldest of the three brothers. A Microsoft 365 subscription offers an ad-free interface, custom domains, enhanced security options, the full desktop version of Office, and 1 TB of cloud storage. Crab fishing is indeed a dangerous profession. During the show, he expressed his desire to be a contestant on the next season of the hit ABC reality television series Dancing with the Stars. It was a heart attack which he had survived for the 2 nd time.

The first attack occurred back in 2016. ( divorced) ( 1 child). Sig Hansen Heart Attack, Dead or Alive. [8], Hansen has two adopted daughters, Nina and Mandy, with his wife, June and lives in Seattle. Meet his Children and Family. Since then he is also serving as technical advisor for the production house. [2] By age 24, he began running the Northwestern full-time. His father, as well as his grandfather, were in fishing business pioneering opilio crab fishing in Alaska. Hansen is encouraging all the boats in the community to re-evaluate their boats so that tragedies like the F/V Destination don’t happen again. I can’t get it out of my mind. On April 29, 2010, Hansen was a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. "I feel like the show is a part of our life now and as long as the show is going, I’m probably still going to participate," he said. 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. His younger brothers, Edgar and Norman, are deck boss and deckhand, respectively. Sig Hansen, star of Discovery's Deadliest Catch docuseries and captain of the F/V Northwestern commercial fishing boat, revealed in the current season that he suffered a second heart attack last year.

In the 2004 King Crab Season and in the 2005 Opilio Crab Season, Sig Hansen was awarded a $250,000 bonus from the Discovery Channel for having the vessel which harvested the most king crab and opilio crab. Some even voiced concerned opinions, begging him to retire from the Northwestern. And check out our host, Kylie Mar, on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.