Travis Arket | Adventure Photographer

A computer engineer from the greater Seattle area, Travis Arket left the office world to pursue his passion for adventure and art. His passion led him to the unlikely job of a Bering Sea crab fisherman and, in short order, had him starring in a popular reality series broadcast across the globe. Travis has been an Alaska Bering Sea crab fisherman for over 9 years.
An adventure addict, Travis used his crab income to explore over sixty countries, sometimes with nothing more than a kayak and a compass. He swam with sharks in open water, was blamed for a riot in Barcelona, was robbed at gunpoint by the Romanian military, ran with the bulls in Spain, fought in the world's largest food fight, and was the first photographer on the scene when Maoist guerrillas seized the royal palace in Kathmandu to remove the king.
He founded the adventure philanthropy organization Robot House, which raises money for charity by selling sponsorships for extreme expeditions. He is a commercial photographer, video producer, and business consultant. When not roaming far-flung corners of the planet, Travis is probably in Seattle plotting his next adventure.
Most people know me as the goofy, fun loving, danger seeking crab catcher from Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch. What they don't know is that I'm a multiplatform business man, philanthropist, computer engineer, author and a mechanic! That means I can build pretty much anything that has a good chance of blowing myself up.


