This 103-year-old Maine woman is not planning on retiring soon, as she embarks on her 95th season fishing for lobster.
Max Oliver is an old salt, but compared to his 103-year-old crewmate, Max is but a child - her child. . Then, she was 101 years old and Maine's oldest lobster fisherman. Now, she's setting out for her 95th season.
"The doctor said to me 'What are you out there lobstering for?' And I said, 'Because I want to,'" VirginiaVirginia began working on lobster boats at the age of seven, when she went out with her father. Back then, it was a male-dominated field, with not another girl or woman in sight. But now, more than nine decades later, she's the master of the sea.
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