Havign surviverd Borneo, Amazonia, and the Congo, the indefatigable Redmond o' Hanlon sets off on his next adventure: his own perfect storm, in the wild waters off teh northern tip of Scotland. Equipped with a fancy Nikon an excessive supply of socks and no seamanship whatsoever, O'Hanlon joins the commercial fishing crew of the Norlantean, a deep-sea trawler, to stock a bottomless hull with their catch, even as a hurricane roars around them. rich in oceanography, marine biology, and uproarious humor, Trawler is Redmond O'Hanlon at his finest.