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Based on a true story

From the physical trials of the Alaskan winter, to the political turbulence of sunny California …

Non-stop action as Jeff McDonald leads his crew of men in an epic fight to move an offshore drilling rig in the dead of an Alaskan winter, they will battle the worst nature and man can throw at them as thirty-foot tides and savage currents fight their every move. Snow and ice show no mercy to the crew struggling to move the rig down Cook Inlet to its rendezvous with the heavy lift ship, Swordfish. Rogue fishermen and barroom brawls add to the challenges faced by Jeff and his men. Ferocious storms hammer the Swordfish’s harrowing crossing of the Gulf of Alaska, and at times it seems all is lost as the crew fights to save the rig. They arrive in the placid waters of California only to face a different type of danger.
All the while Scott Parker, an inexperienced shipping agent overseeing the loading of Blue Water Seven onto the Swordfish, faces his own trials as his quest for adventure lands him in more trouble than he counted on. The woman of his dreams leaves him not only heartbroken but broke as well. After a late night encounter with an irate fisherman, Scott is counting the days until he’s back in California.

Enter into the day to day life of offshore oilfield workers as they brave the cold and place their lives on the line to provide the fuel that’s needed to sustain America’s way of life.

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