1 00:00:02,767 --> 00:00:04,066 [dramatic music playing] 2 00:00:04,066 --> 00:00:05,300 [rebreather hissing] 3 00:00:06,967 --> 00:00:08,000 Gary, Gary. 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:09,433 [Gary speaking] 5 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:12,000 [Vernon speaking] 6 00:00:14,100 --> 00:00:15,400 [Gary] 7 00:00:24,100 --> 00:00:25,433 -[soft alarm beeping] -[Gary] Woah. 8 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:40,900 [groans] 9 00:00:46,066 --> 00:00:47,600 [Vernon] Oh boy. That ain't good. 10 00:00:48,266 --> 00:00:49,734 Take in the slack! 11 00:00:52,467 --> 00:00:54,367 [Vernon] That umbilical is his lifeline 12 00:00:54,367 --> 00:00:56,166 and it's tangled up around some ice. 13 00:00:56,166 --> 00:00:57,500 He can't get through the hole. 14 00:00:57,800 --> 00:00:59,000 [Gary groans] 15 00:00:59,567 --> 00:01:01,734 [rapid breathing] 16 00:01:09,100 --> 00:01:10,533 [ice flow crackling] 17 00:01:14,667 --> 00:01:15,900 [narrator] So far this season, 18 00:01:15,900 --> 00:01:19,100 one miner is leading the pack. 19 00:01:19,100 --> 00:01:23,400 Chris McCully has fought through the El Nino battered ice... 20 00:01:23,667 --> 00:01:26,467 [Chris speaking] 21 00:01:26,467 --> 00:01:28,300 [cheers] 22 00:01:31,100 --> 00:01:33,333 20.9, baby. 23 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:36,800 [narrator] ...to amass enough gold to break away 24 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:38,233 from the rest of the fleet. 25 00:01:39,967 --> 00:01:44,266 Now, with the gold count leader down for maintenance, 26 00:01:44,266 --> 00:01:46,867 the other captains find themselves 27 00:01:46,867 --> 00:01:48,767 with their backs against the wall 28 00:01:48,767 --> 00:01:50,800 and facing a choice. 29 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,500 Will they keep their current plans in motion, 30 00:01:53,500 --> 00:01:57,000 or throw out the playbook and seek a brand new path? 31 00:02:03,567 --> 00:02:05,033 [snowmobile rumbling] 32 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,166 -[man speaking] -[Zeke] Good morning. 33 00:02:18,166 --> 00:02:22,367 [narrator] New father Zeke Tenhoff has a special audience on the ice. 34 00:02:22,367 --> 00:02:24,300 -[Zeke] Good morning. -[Lexie] 35 00:02:24,300 --> 00:02:27,700 This is my wife, Lexie, back for ice mining. 36 00:02:27,700 --> 00:02:32,200 -She's acclimating well to the environment. -[laughs] 37 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,900 [narrator] And it's bringing the urgency of his situation home. 38 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:38,867 This is Boden Jupiter Tenhoff. 39 00:02:38,867 --> 00:02:41,367 He's like, seven months old now. 40 00:02:41,367 --> 00:02:44,166 He's gonna be hanging out at the ice dredge here for a while. 41 00:02:44,166 --> 00:02:46,100 [Boden coos] 42 00:02:46,100 --> 00:02:47,433 Yeah. 43 00:02:48,567 --> 00:02:50,266 This is why I do what I do. 44 00:02:50,266 --> 00:02:52,467 It's all for my family. 45 00:02:52,467 --> 00:02:55,567 We're not all living under one roof in Nome yet. 46 00:02:55,567 --> 00:03:00,467 This winter I'm trying to get my yurt outfitted with water and power and other utilities 47 00:03:00,467 --> 00:03:02,266 so that we can all live there. 48 00:03:02,266 --> 00:03:05,400 The problem is that I don't have any gold banked up so far, 49 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:07,567 so I need to get into something substantial 50 00:03:07,567 --> 00:03:09,867 and I need to make it happen today. 51 00:03:09,867 --> 00:03:13,200 The plan is just finish out this hole. 52 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,367 Um, what I'm really kind of, like, hoping is that 53 00:03:16,367 --> 00:03:18,266 this gold stays kind of consistent 54 00:03:18,266 --> 00:03:20,200 continuing on over to the west. 55 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:21,600 Because if that's the case, 56 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:23,900 I think we can finish this ice season strong. 57 00:03:25,100 --> 00:03:27,266 I'm gonna really try and push it today. 58 00:03:27,266 --> 00:03:29,367 We found some gold here in this location, 59 00:03:29,367 --> 00:03:32,500 so we're gonna tag team and really try to clean it out today. 60 00:03:32,500 --> 00:03:34,867 When we put it on the scale, I really want to see 61 00:03:34,867 --> 00:03:37,066 at least eight ounces from this spot. 62 00:03:37,066 --> 00:03:38,867 The pressure is really on for me. 63 00:03:38,867 --> 00:03:41,266 Having Lexie and Boden here watching 64 00:03:41,266 --> 00:03:44,133 really just drives it home kind of what's at stake. 65 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:46,634 [digital pinging] 66 00:03:52,166 --> 00:03:53,834 [wind blowing] 67 00:03:57,066 --> 00:03:58,600 [anticipatory music playing] 68 00:04:03,100 --> 00:04:04,500 [Zeke] 69 00:04:15,367 --> 00:04:16,900 [rebreather hissing] 70 00:04:27,500 --> 00:04:28,700 [Sam] 71 00:04:29,266 --> 00:04:30,900 [Zeke] 72 00:04:46,667 --> 00:04:48,767 Are you down to the bottom yet? 73 00:04:48,767 --> 00:04:49,700 [Zeke] 74 00:05:01,266 --> 00:05:02,433 [man] Roger. 75 00:05:03,166 --> 00:05:05,000 [machinery rattling] 76 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,467 How's the ground looking? 77 00:05:06,467 --> 00:05:08,400 [Zeke] 78 00:05:24,967 --> 00:05:26,500 [tense music playing] 79 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:44,233 [coughs] 80 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:54,900 [Boden crying] 81 00:06:01,867 --> 00:06:04,567 [Zeke] The regulator is where you get your air for breathing 82 00:06:04,567 --> 00:06:08,400 and moisture in that system can cause the valves to freeze shut. 83 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,500 That's what happened, so I wasn't getting enough air. 84 00:06:11,500 --> 00:06:15,667 Knowing that my wife is watching me underwater, struggling to breathe, 85 00:06:15,667 --> 00:06:17,400 makes it extra scary. 86 00:06:19,900 --> 00:06:22,133 [Zeke] 87 00:06:23,500 --> 00:06:24,934 [rebreather hissing] 88 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,533 [man] 89 00:06:35,767 --> 00:06:37,100 [Zeke] 90 00:06:40,300 --> 00:06:41,667 [man] 91 00:06:42,500 --> 00:06:45,100 Well, I'll just let you grind on it for a little bit. 92 00:06:45,100 --> 00:06:46,634 [Zeke] 93 00:07:01,700 --> 00:07:03,133 Just be careful. 94 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,233 [Zeke] 95 00:07:15,767 --> 00:07:17,233 [narrator] Across the ice... 96 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:19,600 [dramatic music playing] 97 00:07:23,367 --> 00:07:25,033 [Shawn] Heading out to meet Joe. 98 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:30,000 We're gonna go check out, see what the snow conditions are, 99 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,100 ice conditions are out here at the Tomcod. 100 00:07:36,667 --> 00:07:38,433 Let's roll the dice. 101 00:07:39,767 --> 00:07:41,800 [narrator] Well into the back half of winter, 102 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:46,433 Shawn Pomrenke finds himself in unprecedented territory, 103 00:07:47,467 --> 00:07:51,133 in danger of falling short of his winter goal. 104 00:07:54,567 --> 00:07:59,500 Now Mr. Gold's looking to his home turf to save his season 105 00:08:00,100 --> 00:08:02,600 if Mother Nature allows it. 106 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,834 [Shawn] We just ain't getting the numbers we need on Vernon's claim. 107 00:08:06,667 --> 00:08:09,400 I don't like little tiny clean ups. 108 00:08:11,066 --> 00:08:12,500 We need some big ones. 109 00:08:13,967 --> 00:08:16,200 I'm at a crisis point. 110 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:18,467 We couldn't work the Tomcod because of the bad ice 111 00:08:18,467 --> 00:08:19,467 at the beginning of the season, 112 00:08:19,467 --> 00:08:22,567 so I had to make a deal with Vernon for 56. 113 00:08:22,567 --> 00:08:25,100 But the gold's been next to nothing. 114 00:08:25,100 --> 00:08:28,467 I don't have near the gold I want and we're running out of time. 115 00:08:28,467 --> 00:08:30,700 So we're headed back to the Tomcod, 116 00:08:30,700 --> 00:08:33,100 see if the ice is any better now. 117 00:08:33,100 --> 00:08:35,667 I hope it is 'cause I got the biggest plan 118 00:08:35,667 --> 00:08:37,700 of my career riding on this season. 119 00:08:40,166 --> 00:08:43,333 Got a lot on my mind, a lot on my plate. 120 00:08:46,500 --> 00:08:48,700 I got an inland mine to fund, 121 00:08:48,700 --> 00:08:52,634 Joe's got startup money he needs for his dredge. 122 00:08:53,367 --> 00:08:55,400 We got to see some bigger numbers. 123 00:08:56,100 --> 00:08:58,166 And gold mining's a gamble, 124 00:08:58,166 --> 00:09:01,367 but this is where I've seen the gold in the past 125 00:09:01,367 --> 00:09:03,467 and you gotta gamble a little bit, 126 00:09:03,467 --> 00:09:05,900 especially if you want to be a gold miner. 127 00:09:08,100 --> 00:09:09,600 [inquisitive music playing] 128 00:09:10,867 --> 00:09:12,500 Looking pretty smooth. 129 00:09:13,500 --> 00:09:16,000 Looking way better than it did a month ago. 130 00:09:17,567 --> 00:09:21,000 Since the last time we were out here, this blowing snow, 131 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,734 it's kind of filled it in. 132 00:09:25,367 --> 00:09:29,100 Definitely looking like we might be able to make it out here. 133 00:09:31,266 --> 00:09:32,533 Oh, there's Joe! 134 00:09:36,700 --> 00:09:38,000 [door squeaks open] 135 00:09:40,667 --> 00:09:42,100 Hey, Joe. 136 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:46,367 What do you think? 137 00:09:46,367 --> 00:09:48,500 [Joe] Quite a few miles of ice here yet. 138 00:09:58,900 --> 00:10:00,600 [Shawn] May be a good idea, huh? 139 00:10:01,266 --> 00:10:02,800 [Joe] I think it's doable. 140 00:10:05,266 --> 00:10:06,900 -Yeah, sure. -Yeah. 141 00:10:08,767 --> 00:10:10,600 [Shawn] The ice isn't perfect. 142 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:12,400 I'm gonna need some monster clean outs, 143 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:14,900 double digits the rest of the way. 144 00:10:14,900 --> 00:10:18,200 One thing about the Tomcod, I know where the gold's at. 145 00:10:18,867 --> 00:10:20,100 I can feel it. 146 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:22,667 We're gonna kill it. 147 00:10:22,667 --> 00:10:25,400 I just gotta get back in the game before it's too late. 148 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,233 We definitely are going mining out on the Tomcod. 149 00:10:31,467 --> 00:10:34,734 Piles of gold in a short amount of time. 150 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,133 [dramatic music playing] 151 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:51,900 [engine stops] 152 00:10:53,867 --> 00:10:55,867 So, how's it looking, Gary? 153 00:10:55,867 --> 00:10:58,200 -Ready to rock and roll. -All right. 154 00:10:59,367 --> 00:11:02,100 [narrator] Off pace to hit his winter goal, 155 00:11:02,100 --> 00:11:04,800 Vernon Adkison is down to one diver, 156 00:11:05,467 --> 00:11:06,900 Gary Panos. 157 00:11:08,367 --> 00:11:10,567 Oh man, it hurts so bad. 158 00:11:10,567 --> 00:11:14,200 [narrator] After rookie Chris Numink was sidelined indefinitely. 159 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,100 Blew out an eardrum. 160 00:11:16,100 --> 00:11:18,300 Let's get in the water, get some gold. 161 00:11:18,900 --> 00:11:20,400 [machinery starts] 162 00:11:21,767 --> 00:11:23,233 This is a tough spot. 163 00:11:23,233 --> 00:11:27,367 Since Chris blew his ear, I've not been able to find another diver 164 00:11:27,367 --> 00:11:30,166 and we're headed into crunch time. 165 00:11:30,166 --> 00:11:33,367 I've been riding Gary like a racehorse all season. 166 00:11:33,367 --> 00:11:37,233 I don't know how much more I can put on his shoulders before he breaks. 167 00:11:37,667 --> 00:11:39,600 But we need that gold. 168 00:11:40,767 --> 00:11:42,000 [digital pinging] 169 00:11:51,500 --> 00:11:54,867 Today is gonna be a great day for a dive. 170 00:11:54,867 --> 00:11:56,333 [dramatic music playing] 171 00:12:03,900 --> 00:12:05,333 [rebreather hissing] 172 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:09,800 [machinery whirring] 173 00:12:26,567 --> 00:12:27,900 How's the ground? 174 00:12:29,467 --> 00:12:31,900 [Gary] 175 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:34,400 [Vernon] 176 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:39,934 [Gary] 177 00:12:46,467 --> 00:12:48,800 So Gary, how's that bottom looking? 178 00:12:50,166 --> 00:12:51,467 [Gary] 179 00:12:57,266 --> 00:12:59,700 When you get down through the rocks and cobble, 180 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:01,500 have you gotten to the pay layer yet? 181 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,233 [Gary] 182 00:13:14,500 --> 00:13:15,967 Yeah, okay. 183 00:13:15,967 --> 00:13:17,533 [Gary] 184 00:13:21,967 --> 00:13:24,133 [Vernon] All right. That's what I want to hear, Gary. 185 00:13:24,467 --> 00:13:25,734 Stay on it. 186 00:13:26,867 --> 00:13:29,467 Gary is one of the best divers up here. 187 00:13:29,467 --> 00:13:32,033 And the gold we're on is primo. 188 00:13:32,867 --> 00:13:34,367 I just don't know if we can get 189 00:13:34,367 --> 00:13:36,700 where we need to be with one diver. 190 00:13:37,266 --> 00:13:38,600 We'll see. 191 00:13:39,567 --> 00:13:41,300 [Gary] 192 00:13:42,100 --> 00:13:44,734 Yeah, yeah. That's nice. Keep it flowing. 193 00:13:45,867 --> 00:13:47,233 [Gary] 194 00:13:50,467 --> 00:13:52,934 [narrator] While Vernon's team starts to heat up, 195 00:13:54,500 --> 00:13:55,800 three miles west... 196 00:14:01,900 --> 00:14:04,800 Hot water's going, box is de-thawing, 197 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:06,200 everything's ready to go. 198 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:08,433 We're about ready to fire up the engine. 199 00:14:09,467 --> 00:14:11,700 [narrator] Against the ropes with the clock ticking, 200 00:14:11,700 --> 00:14:15,700 Kris Kelly's unleashing what he hopes will be his secret weapon. 201 00:14:15,700 --> 00:14:18,100 Today is PJ's make it or break it day. 202 00:14:18,100 --> 00:14:20,300 I personally think he's gonna make it. 203 00:14:20,300 --> 00:14:21,500 [engine starts] 204 00:14:22,266 --> 00:14:24,367 This season's been a nightmare. 205 00:14:24,367 --> 00:14:28,400 We're on good gold, but equipment problems have killed us. 206 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,900 We patched up the sluice, but there's not a lot of time left 207 00:14:30,900 --> 00:14:32,867 in the season to get what we need. 208 00:14:32,867 --> 00:14:35,200 So my strategy is to have a bunch of divers 209 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:37,000 that can work around the clock. 210 00:14:37,500 --> 00:14:40,266 PJ in the house. 211 00:14:40,266 --> 00:14:44,867 I'm hoping to rely on PJ to be the final member of the dive squad. 212 00:14:44,867 --> 00:14:46,266 He's done some diving. 213 00:14:46,266 --> 00:14:49,467 Not gold mining, not underneath the ice 214 00:14:49,467 --> 00:14:51,867 and not in the Bering Sea. 215 00:14:51,867 --> 00:14:54,100 Physically, he should be able to do it. 216 00:14:54,100 --> 00:14:55,867 He's a body builder. 217 00:14:55,867 --> 00:14:59,300 But if he can't make it, it's another thing gone wrong. 218 00:14:59,300 --> 00:15:01,133 And we can't afford any more problems. 219 00:15:02,867 --> 00:15:04,300 [digital pinging] 220 00:15:09,867 --> 00:15:11,400 [Andy] 221 00:15:14,667 --> 00:15:15,567 [PJ] 222 00:15:15,567 --> 00:15:17,000 [Andy] 223 00:15:19,567 --> 00:15:23,000 Not to add pressure or anything, but I didn't tell you. 224 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,166 Uh, if you do this, great. 225 00:15:25,166 --> 00:15:28,066 But if you don't do this, you're fired. 226 00:15:28,066 --> 00:15:29,800 And I hope you understand that. 227 00:15:30,567 --> 00:15:31,900 Go, team, go! 228 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:35,600 [dramatic music playing] 229 00:15:37,100 --> 00:15:38,800 At first, I just want to get down there 230 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:41,000 and see how it feels underwater. 231 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:42,800 -[Andy] You ready for the cap? -[PJ] Yeah. 232 00:15:50,867 --> 00:15:52,233 Okay. 233 00:15:57,500 --> 00:15:59,000 [rebreather hissing] 234 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,233 [heavy rapid breathing] 235 00:16:19,667 --> 00:16:21,667 Oh, he's breathing like a mother [bleep] 236 00:16:21,667 --> 00:16:23,033 Yeah, he is. 237 00:16:29,900 --> 00:16:31,200 Are you on the bottom yet? 238 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:32,367 [PJ] 239 00:16:32,367 --> 00:16:34,000 Yeah, baby! You made it! 240 00:16:35,100 --> 00:16:36,166 He made it. 241 00:16:44,867 --> 00:16:46,900 Tell me when you reach the nozzle. 242 00:16:50,467 --> 00:16:51,834 [PJ] All right, I'm at the nozzle. 243 00:16:52,667 --> 00:16:54,800 Yeah, buddy. Okay, well, 244 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:57,867 now you just put the nozzle between your legs 245 00:16:57,867 --> 00:16:59,600 and you kneel down. 246 00:17:01,900 --> 00:17:02,800 [PJ] 247 00:17:03,166 --> 00:17:04,300 [Kris] 248 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:09,166 So you know that, at this point, 249 00:17:09,166 --> 00:17:12,500 -he's already made it past the make or break. -Yeah. 250 00:17:12,500 --> 00:17:14,700 [Kris] How you doing? Are you feeling comfortable? 251 00:17:15,767 --> 00:17:17,800 [PJ] 252 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,600 I see little starfish and little crabs. 253 00:17:22,166 --> 00:17:25,567 Kind of cool to see all this underwater for the first time. 254 00:17:25,567 --> 00:17:28,867 That's beautiful. I love that you love the wildlife down there. 255 00:17:28,867 --> 00:17:30,467 So in order to make a good miner, 256 00:17:30,467 --> 00:17:32,433 you have to have, like, tunnel vision. 257 00:17:40,867 --> 00:17:42,133 [PJ] 258 00:17:45,467 --> 00:17:47,667 Good job, buddy. Yep, that's, um-- 259 00:17:47,667 --> 00:17:49,266 So that's like, iron 260 00:17:49,266 --> 00:17:52,100 and it's almost the exact same weight of gold. 261 00:17:52,100 --> 00:17:53,667 So you have a really good chance 262 00:17:53,667 --> 00:17:55,800 of finding gold in that [bleep] 263 00:18:05,300 --> 00:18:07,700 [PJ] It looks like there's some little pieces of gold on there. 264 00:18:08,967 --> 00:18:10,233 [Kris] Yeah! 265 00:18:11,266 --> 00:18:12,834 You're doing great, man! 266 00:18:15,700 --> 00:18:17,100 He's doing good. 267 00:18:18,367 --> 00:18:20,300 [smooth jazz music playing] 268 00:18:24,367 --> 00:18:28,100 You know, I've got coffee coming, a Jameson. 269 00:18:28,100 --> 00:18:32,266 [narrator] And now it's another Social Hour with Vernon. 270 00:18:32,266 --> 00:18:35,367 [Vernon] Well, let's see what's happening out there in the world of social media. 271 00:18:35,367 --> 00:18:36,300 [electronic ping] 272 00:18:36,667 --> 00:18:41,133 [Vernon reading] 273 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,467 Well, uh, you know, if I got to do number two, 274 00:18:46,467 --> 00:18:48,100 guess what? I do number two. 275 00:18:48,100 --> 00:18:50,600 But yes, I did have a close call. 276 00:18:51,300 --> 00:18:52,467 It was several years ago. 277 00:18:52,467 --> 00:18:56,100 I was pulling my rig out on the ice with Jason Walker. 278 00:18:56,100 --> 00:18:59,634 We got out there and I had a, um... 279 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:04,367 I'll put it that way. 280 00:19:04,367 --> 00:19:06,767 It need to desperately. 281 00:19:06,767 --> 00:19:08,400 It's gonna be pretty damn juicy. 282 00:19:09,967 --> 00:19:12,100 And so, what I did was shut down. 283 00:19:12,100 --> 00:19:13,800 I had to come out of about five layers. 284 00:19:20,166 --> 00:19:21,667 ...and I let it rip. 285 00:19:21,667 --> 00:19:22,900 [loud water sloshing] 286 00:19:24,367 --> 00:19:26,867 [Vernon groaning] That's pretty bad. 287 00:19:26,867 --> 00:19:30,967 After it was over with, I started to get up off of that skid, 288 00:19:30,967 --> 00:19:34,467 and my nuts had frozen to the skid. 289 00:19:34,467 --> 00:19:37,600 And I'm not gonna tell you what Jason had to do to get... 290 00:19:38,066 --> 00:19:39,467 Get me unstuck. 291 00:19:39,467 --> 00:19:40,667 -[rubber stretching] -[cartoonish groan] 292 00:19:40,667 --> 00:19:44,100 [Vernon] But it was a very traumatic experience for me. 293 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:46,433 But Jason, he was very helpful. 294 00:19:48,066 --> 00:19:50,033 Matter of fact, I think he enjoyed it. 295 00:19:51,367 --> 00:19:52,767 [narrator] Thanks for dropping by 296 00:19:52,767 --> 00:19:56,500 for another Social Hour with Vernon. 297 00:19:56,500 --> 00:19:58,700 Well, I mean, some things stick and you... 298 00:19:58,700 --> 00:20:00,300 You don't want to go there. 299 00:20:01,166 --> 00:20:02,900 [chuckling] 300 00:20:13,066 --> 00:20:14,934 [Shawn] Load up all our gear and head west. 301 00:20:16,100 --> 00:20:18,634 [narrator] Team Pomrenke is on the move. 302 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:22,133 We're about sick of 56. 303 00:20:22,567 --> 00:20:23,800 It's not gonna work. 304 00:20:26,300 --> 00:20:29,066 Ice looks good there, 305 00:20:29,066 --> 00:20:32,000 so we're headed straight to Tomcod. 306 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:36,300 We've got everything tied up, we got all our gear tied together. 307 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:39,300 Off we go. 308 00:20:41,900 --> 00:20:44,767 [dramatic music playing] 309 00:20:44,767 --> 00:20:46,300 [narrator] Less than a mile away... 310 00:20:51,967 --> 00:20:53,300 [Vernon] Damn. 311 00:20:54,066 --> 00:20:56,133 I don't know where in the hell Shawn's going. 312 00:20:57,266 --> 00:20:58,800 They were right over there 313 00:20:59,667 --> 00:21:01,800 about 100 yards away. 314 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,700 I thought they were gonna make a stand, but looks like they're... 315 00:21:05,467 --> 00:21:07,600 they're moving. 316 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:11,467 I don't know if they're gonna stay on 56, they might head for the beach. 317 00:21:11,467 --> 00:21:14,100 Maybe he's done for the season, I don't know. 318 00:21:15,467 --> 00:21:19,233 Looks like after all that Shawn's leaving 56. 319 00:21:19,900 --> 00:21:22,433 I can't say I'm not disappointed. 320 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,300 I didn't get any royalties from him, 321 00:21:25,300 --> 00:21:28,133 so I guess it didn't work out for either of us. [chuckles] 322 00:21:28,967 --> 00:21:31,333 Just puts me up against it even more. 323 00:21:32,300 --> 00:21:34,000 I don't know what in the hell I was thinking about 324 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,300 when I told him I was gonna let him have the first two weeks for free. 325 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,834 [narrator] Across the claim... 326 00:21:50,867 --> 00:21:52,433 [Nate] How's it going down there? 327 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:54,800 [Zeke] 328 00:21:55,867 --> 00:21:57,300 [narrator] After three hours, 329 00:21:57,300 --> 00:22:01,900 the first game of Zeke Tenhoff's doubleheader is nearly complete. 330 00:22:02,867 --> 00:22:04,900 [Zeke] I'm gonna wrap this up. 331 00:22:06,567 --> 00:22:10,500 Sounds good. I'll, uh, pedal down and get things ready. 332 00:22:13,066 --> 00:22:17,133 [narrator] Now, it's Nate's job to jump in for the second half. 333 00:22:21,367 --> 00:22:24,834 Hit some gold, it's under a lot of rocks and sand. 334 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:29,266 [baby babbling] 335 00:22:29,266 --> 00:22:31,367 The ice down there is really harrowing. 336 00:22:31,367 --> 00:22:33,567 There's just giant free-floating chunks 337 00:22:33,567 --> 00:22:35,700 hanging directly above your head. 338 00:22:35,700 --> 00:22:38,300 So it's nice to get back topside and see my family, 339 00:22:38,300 --> 00:22:40,600 and have them know that I'm safe and sound. 340 00:22:43,967 --> 00:22:48,000 Now it's time for Nate to get down there and pick up where I left off. 341 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,867 So, yeah, when you go down there'll be a big ice feature 342 00:22:51,867 --> 00:22:54,100 that comes right down, right here. 343 00:22:54,100 --> 00:22:56,667 Comes always all the way down to the bottom. 344 00:22:56,667 --> 00:23:00,567 And then there's, like, some ice chandelier overhead hazard things 345 00:23:00,567 --> 00:23:02,800 kind of, like, over in this area. 346 00:23:04,367 --> 00:23:07,800 Just... super hazardous, perilous. 347 00:23:08,567 --> 00:23:09,734 Yeah. 348 00:23:09,734 --> 00:23:12,500 I think a lot of the blocks under there are real loose. 349 00:23:13,567 --> 00:23:16,333 -Taking your life in your hands, basically. -[Nate] 350 00:23:17,367 --> 00:23:18,800 [Zeke] Hideously dangerous. 351 00:23:21,500 --> 00:23:24,033 [upbeat music playing] 352 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:28,133 [Zeke] Looks good. 353 00:23:34,867 --> 00:23:36,100 [Nate] 354 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:37,800 [groans] 355 00:23:40,967 --> 00:23:43,500 -[Zeke] -[Nate] 356 00:23:46,700 --> 00:23:47,900 [Zeke] 357 00:23:49,567 --> 00:23:50,834 [Nate] 358 00:24:05,967 --> 00:24:07,133 [Zeke] 359 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,233 [Nate] 360 00:24:15,066 --> 00:24:16,767 Yeah, watch out for reg freezes, too. 361 00:24:16,767 --> 00:24:18,033 You can get one at any minute. 362 00:24:19,266 --> 00:24:20,667 [Nate] 363 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:37,867 [Zeke] Try to be careful. Try to be relaxed about it. 364 00:24:37,867 --> 00:24:41,300 But it's like, giant ice, jagged ice things 365 00:24:41,300 --> 00:24:42,600 coming all the way down to the bottom 366 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,400 and, like, your [bleep] tether loops around 'em. 367 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:45,700 They're all moving around. 368 00:24:46,367 --> 00:24:47,900 It's dark. Pitch black. 369 00:24:49,300 --> 00:24:50,600 [Nate] 370 00:24:57,867 --> 00:24:59,500 [narrator] Back on Vernon's site... 371 00:25:00,367 --> 00:25:02,533 [upbeat music playing] 372 00:25:08,066 --> 00:25:09,233 [Gary] 373 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,000 -Gary, Gary. -[Gary] 374 00:25:15,767 --> 00:25:16,900 [Vernon] 375 00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:20,300 [Gary] 376 00:25:21,567 --> 00:25:22,967 [narrator] Down to one diver, 377 00:25:22,967 --> 00:25:27,634 Vernon Adkison's trying to manage his workhorse for the long haul. 378 00:25:28,567 --> 00:25:30,200 [Gary] 379 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:34,233 Okay, Gary's coming up. Gary's coming up. Tend to the umbilical. 380 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:45,600 [Gary] Oh, [bleep]. 381 00:26:00,667 --> 00:26:01,934 [groans] 382 00:26:10,900 --> 00:26:12,400 Take in the slack. 383 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:20,100 It's getting tangled up down there somewhat. 384 00:26:20,100 --> 00:26:23,400 It's easy to get that umbilical wrapped around a hose. 385 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:27,266 Sometimes it gets tangled on something that's hanging down from the... 386 00:26:27,266 --> 00:26:28,500 some of the ice that's hanging-- 387 00:26:28,500 --> 00:26:30,000 [Gary] 388 00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:35,100 [Vernon] Oh, boy. That ain't good. 389 00:26:35,867 --> 00:26:37,400 Take in the slack! 390 00:26:40,100 --> 00:26:41,300 [Gary] 391 00:26:44,700 --> 00:26:47,000 Well, his umbilical is his lifeline 392 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,567 and it's tangled up around some ice, he can't get to the hole. 393 00:26:49,567 --> 00:26:51,000 [Gary groaning] 394 00:26:55,867 --> 00:26:57,200 Okay, pull it in. 395 00:26:58,867 --> 00:27:00,266 [Gary] 396 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,000 [Vernon] Evidently, he got tangled up in the ice. 397 00:27:17,166 --> 00:27:20,800 He was having some trouble there for a while, but he managed to... 398 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:23,500 get freed up. 399 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,834 That's what makes ice dredging super dangerous. 400 00:27:31,967 --> 00:27:34,133 Let me go out there and see how he's doing. 401 00:27:36,467 --> 00:27:39,800 I think I got tangled up on some ice 402 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:44,066 when I was going all the way around the hole, somewhere it got tangled up. 403 00:27:44,066 --> 00:27:48,333 I was pulling on it. It was taking me away from the hole. 404 00:27:59,500 --> 00:28:01,600 [Vernon] That was too close for comfort. 405 00:28:02,367 --> 00:28:05,100 And if Gary's logging all the drive hours, 406 00:28:05,100 --> 00:28:09,266 the chances of something like this happening again will increase. 407 00:28:09,266 --> 00:28:12,300 That's why having only one diver is a problem. 408 00:28:12,300 --> 00:28:15,100 It puts the whole season in jeopardy. 409 00:28:15,100 --> 00:28:17,333 All right. Well, let's get the hell out of here. 410 00:28:22,266 --> 00:28:24,433 [upbeat music playing] 411 00:28:30,567 --> 00:28:32,800 -Everything okay? -[PJ] 412 00:28:34,700 --> 00:28:38,266 [narrator] After three hours, Reaper Nation's new recruit, 413 00:28:38,266 --> 00:28:42,100 bodybuilder PJ Diaz, is still going strong. 414 00:28:43,300 --> 00:28:44,600 How's it feel down there? 415 00:28:45,700 --> 00:28:48,300 -Everything feels good, looks good. -[Kris] 416 00:28:53,567 --> 00:28:54,800 [PJ] 417 00:28:56,500 --> 00:28:57,700 [Kris] 418 00:28:58,266 --> 00:29:00,300 -PJ's doing a great job. -Yeah. 419 00:29:00,667 --> 00:29:02,400 He's not freaking out. 420 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:06,333 I haven't heard "help me," or he's not screaming for anything. 421 00:29:10,100 --> 00:29:11,300 [PJ] That's good. 422 00:29:11,467 --> 00:29:12,700 [Kris] 423 00:29:13,967 --> 00:29:15,900 [PJ] All right. I'll be up there right now. 424 00:29:18,367 --> 00:29:21,133 [Kris] PJ proved he can be part of the dive team. 425 00:29:21,867 --> 00:29:24,700 Now we can put more hours on the box. 426 00:29:24,700 --> 00:29:28,300 He even got some gold. But I don't wanna waste time doing the cleanup. 427 00:29:28,300 --> 00:29:29,767 We're gonna be ready tomorrow, 428 00:29:29,767 --> 00:29:32,700 and we're gonna get this operation pumping from now on. 429 00:29:34,100 --> 00:29:36,100 -How was it? -Good. 430 00:29:36,100 --> 00:29:40,834 You did a great job, buddy. I knew you were gonna make it. I really did. 431 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:42,734 Good job. 432 00:29:43,467 --> 00:29:45,400 Huh? Everybody, tell him "good job." 433 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:47,767 -[Andy] -Yeah. 434 00:29:47,767 --> 00:29:49,800 Now PJ's not only a bodybuilder, 435 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,000 but he's a Bering Sea gold diver. 436 00:29:52,867 --> 00:29:55,033 [sensual music playing] 437 00:30:04,100 --> 00:30:07,500 -[record scratches] -Man, uh, you can put your clothes on now. 438 00:30:07,500 --> 00:30:10,133 You did a really good job. I'm just joking with you. 439 00:30:11,567 --> 00:30:13,300 No pat on the back, though. 440 00:30:14,900 --> 00:30:16,233 [narrator] Three miles east... 441 00:30:17,100 --> 00:30:19,300 [upbeat music playing] 442 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:25,667 How you doing? 443 00:30:25,667 --> 00:30:27,900 [Nate] Beside from these sketchy pressure ridges, 444 00:30:27,900 --> 00:30:29,834 I'm feeling really good down here. 445 00:30:31,100 --> 00:30:34,100 [narrator] First mate Nate is keeping Team Tenhoff 446 00:30:34,100 --> 00:30:36,734 on the gold for a second round. 447 00:30:37,166 --> 00:30:38,333 [Nate] 448 00:30:45,667 --> 00:30:47,734 I just remembered why I love this. 449 00:30:48,467 --> 00:30:49,700 [Zeke] 450 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:52,734 [Nate] Yeah, dude. 451 00:30:52,734 --> 00:30:55,133 Definitely not gonna get comfortable, that's for sure. 452 00:30:56,100 --> 00:30:59,166 This actually might be pretty deep into it. 453 00:30:59,166 --> 00:31:02,800 There's gold underneath all those layers for sure, there's no question. 454 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:05,767 So, we're not, like, asking ourselves, "Well, are we still in some gold?" 455 00:31:05,767 --> 00:31:07,133 I mean, there's gold. 456 00:31:10,567 --> 00:31:14,100 Get that dog. Get that dog. Get him. 457 00:31:14,100 --> 00:31:17,600 I'm feeling the pressure to get my yurt all setup to live in, 458 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,100 but having my family up here is a great morale boost. 459 00:31:20,100 --> 00:31:22,600 You got him, you got him. 460 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:24,667 They're the reason that I'm doing all this. 461 00:31:24,667 --> 00:31:28,500 Plus, it's cool to see Boden taking in all these new sites and sounds. 462 00:31:29,367 --> 00:31:30,567 Yum. 463 00:31:30,567 --> 00:31:32,600 You like that? Avocado? 464 00:31:34,367 --> 00:31:35,533 [Nate] 465 00:31:40,166 --> 00:31:41,400 [labored breathing] 466 00:31:54,367 --> 00:31:55,867 -Whoo. -[Zeke] It freeze-up on ya? 467 00:31:55,867 --> 00:31:57,100 [Nate] 468 00:31:58,266 --> 00:31:59,500 [Zeke] Damn it! 469 00:32:03,667 --> 00:32:05,100 Oh, my God. 470 00:32:09,367 --> 00:32:10,600 [groaning] 471 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,233 I'm [bleep] exhausted. 472 00:32:13,867 --> 00:32:15,233 Holy [bleep]. 473 00:32:16,166 --> 00:32:17,333 [groans] 474 00:32:18,667 --> 00:32:20,500 I had a bad freeze-up. 475 00:32:21,266 --> 00:32:23,934 It just froze completely solid. 476 00:32:24,767 --> 00:32:26,266 So it's kind of scary. I had to... 477 00:32:26,266 --> 00:32:28,300 I had to get out of there really fast. 478 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:31,300 Luckily I was close to the hole. But, uh... 479 00:32:32,467 --> 00:32:34,700 Whoo. Scary. 480 00:32:36,467 --> 00:32:37,600 Yeah, you gotta be on your toes 481 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:39,567 for reg freeze-ups all the time. 482 00:32:39,567 --> 00:32:43,000 You have to, like, be prepared for every breath that you breathe, 483 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,667 and that regulator can be the last breath that you have. 484 00:32:45,667 --> 00:32:49,467 So you need to, like... You have to be able to get back out. 485 00:32:49,467 --> 00:32:51,000 Otherwise you perish. 486 00:33:01,667 --> 00:33:04,000 [Nate] It means a lot for me to get back under this ice. 487 00:33:04,467 --> 00:33:06,900 I have a super crazy last year. 488 00:33:06,900 --> 00:33:08,300 Um... 489 00:33:08,300 --> 00:33:10,100 I had a kid last year, 490 00:33:10,100 --> 00:33:14,467 and right when we found out that we were having my first child 491 00:33:14,467 --> 00:33:16,967 they found a large tumor in my spine. 492 00:33:16,967 --> 00:33:18,266 Um... 493 00:33:18,266 --> 00:33:22,700 I underwent radiation and from what we can see, it's working. 494 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:25,467 So my life has been turned upside down. 495 00:33:25,467 --> 00:33:29,467 Having my first kid has been, you know, an amazing journey. 496 00:33:29,467 --> 00:33:31,200 And I'm, like, such a proud dad. 497 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,967 And it's probably the greatest thing that's ever happened to me. 498 00:33:33,967 --> 00:33:37,266 But at the same time, I'm still not out of the woods. 499 00:33:37,266 --> 00:33:40,266 So, right now it's just really important 500 00:33:40,266 --> 00:33:42,667 for me to just, uh, see this through 501 00:33:42,667 --> 00:33:45,100 because this is how I make my living in Alaska. 502 00:33:45,100 --> 00:33:46,867 And so a lot of people think that's crazy, you know, 503 00:33:46,867 --> 00:33:49,900 living out here on the ice and doing this, but I love every minute of it. 504 00:33:56,266 --> 00:33:58,400 [dramatic music playing] 505 00:34:00,066 --> 00:34:02,734 Got all our stuff off of 56, 506 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,333 we're back on home turf. 507 00:34:05,967 --> 00:34:08,233 Home team. Tomcod! 508 00:34:09,266 --> 00:34:12,200 [narrator] In a last-ditch effort to rescue his season, 509 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:15,400 Mr. Gold's headed for home sweet home. 510 00:34:21,767 --> 00:34:24,567 [Shawn] Joe is ready to mine. 511 00:34:24,567 --> 00:34:26,700 Looks like he might already have a hole dug. 512 00:34:29,100 --> 00:34:31,500 -Sup, Joe. -Sup, Shawn. 513 00:34:31,867 --> 00:34:33,100 -You made it. -Yes. 514 00:34:33,100 --> 00:34:35,900 -Doing good? -Build right now. 515 00:34:35,900 --> 00:34:38,900 -Guess I'm gonna go grab the pump shack. -Yeah. 516 00:34:42,700 --> 00:34:45,100 Joe's digging the hole. 517 00:34:45,100 --> 00:34:50,500 Hopefully, we can have all the shacks in place, dive hole, tailings hole dug, 518 00:34:50,500 --> 00:34:52,834 that way tomorrow... [whistles] 519 00:34:55,667 --> 00:34:59,000 When you're mining, there's moments you'll get frustrated. 520 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:02,400 Then, there's moments you'll feel more alive than ever. 521 00:35:04,467 --> 00:35:07,300 Come on, girl. Let's go. 522 00:35:08,700 --> 00:35:10,900 That's how I feel right now. 523 00:35:10,900 --> 00:35:13,400 It's a long shot to hit 100 ounces. 524 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:17,133 But if there's any place I can make it happen, it's right here. 525 00:35:22,166 --> 00:35:24,567 Good home, get a good night's rest. 526 00:35:24,567 --> 00:35:26,634 Come back and hit it hard in the morning. 527 00:35:33,767 --> 00:35:36,400 Feels good to be back on the Tomcod. 528 00:35:38,667 --> 00:35:40,200 [narrator] Twelve miles east... 529 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,200 [upbeat music playing] 530 00:35:46,367 --> 00:35:50,367 [Zeke] We have a bunch of hours on this hole. 531 00:35:50,367 --> 00:35:53,166 And I saw gold that I like in places, 532 00:35:53,166 --> 00:35:55,266 and I saw gold that I didn't really like in places. 533 00:35:55,266 --> 00:35:58,266 But we moved a lot of ground and put in a lot of time. 534 00:35:58,266 --> 00:36:01,567 So, we just need to clean out the whole box, 535 00:36:01,567 --> 00:36:04,467 weight it out, and see where that puts us. 536 00:36:04,467 --> 00:36:07,166 Maybe it'll be good and the numbers will work. 537 00:36:07,166 --> 00:36:09,600 If the numbers don't work, then we're gonna have to have a conversation 538 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:11,400 about what the smart thing to do is 539 00:36:12,266 --> 00:36:13,600 going forward. 540 00:36:18,367 --> 00:36:19,467 There's a bunch of gold in there. 541 00:36:19,467 --> 00:36:21,066 There's another bunch of gold. 542 00:36:21,066 --> 00:36:23,467 We ran all our concentrates through the Gold Cube, 543 00:36:23,467 --> 00:36:25,934 and then I'm just gonna pan through them. 544 00:36:31,066 --> 00:36:34,200 -[Alexis] That's the final? -[Zeke] That's it. That's all of it. 545 00:36:37,367 --> 00:36:41,667 So like, we've been working so hard for so long. 546 00:36:41,667 --> 00:36:46,266 And this is the first hole that, like, that has produced anything. 547 00:36:46,266 --> 00:36:49,066 And so it's difficult to, like, look at this pile of gold and, like, 548 00:36:49,066 --> 00:36:53,100 have it reflect the amount of effort we've already, like, expended. 549 00:36:53,567 --> 00:36:54,734 All right. 550 00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:57,700 [dramatic music playing] 551 00:36:57,700 --> 00:36:59,033 Tenth of an ounce. 552 00:37:02,066 --> 00:37:04,133 0.7, 1.2. 553 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:07,700 Oh, yeah, we got two ounces. 554 00:37:08,467 --> 00:37:11,133 -That's better. -2.3, 2.4. 555 00:37:12,667 --> 00:37:14,700 2.5, 2.6. 556 00:37:14,700 --> 00:37:17,400 Come on, three. Come on, three ounces. 557 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:19,333 Come on, three ounces. 558 00:37:22,467 --> 00:37:25,400 2.88 ounces. 559 00:37:27,500 --> 00:37:32,233 [narrator] 2.88 ounces is worth about 6,700 bucks. 560 00:37:33,266 --> 00:37:36,400 And Zeke is far from home free. 561 00:37:45,767 --> 00:37:48,400 Aye yi yi. 562 00:37:48,900 --> 00:37:50,500 I don't really know what to say. 563 00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:52,700 -Like-- -[Nate] 564 00:37:52,700 --> 00:37:54,700 Yeah, it's on the low end, you know? 565 00:37:55,500 --> 00:37:56,867 It was a lot of work. 566 00:37:56,867 --> 00:37:58,967 I... [scoffs] 567 00:37:58,967 --> 00:38:01,367 I agree, yeah. It's a lot of work building up to it. 568 00:38:01,367 --> 00:38:04,800 But the fact is, at least we're on gold, we can keep doing it. 569 00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:07,400 So you're saying that you see this gold weigh out 570 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:08,900 and it motivates you to work harder? 571 00:38:09,667 --> 00:38:10,900 -Yeah. -[Zeke] Great. [chuckles] 572 00:38:10,900 --> 00:38:13,266 There's nothing else to do. 573 00:38:13,266 --> 00:38:15,133 What'd you think, Lexi? 574 00:38:16,166 --> 00:38:18,266 -I mean-- -[both laughing] 575 00:38:18,266 --> 00:38:20,000 The numbers are a little disappointing 576 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,400 for how much work you guys have done, but, yeah. 577 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:25,266 If you look at it, like, this gold came from this hole, 578 00:38:25,266 --> 00:38:27,667 then it is motivating, it is inspirational. 579 00:38:27,667 --> 00:38:29,667 I think it's, like, kind of right on the line. 580 00:38:29,667 --> 00:38:32,000 Where if it was, like, less than this, it might be, like, 581 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:35,467 "All right, [bleep] it. Let's get our crap off the ice. Let's leave" 582 00:38:35,467 --> 00:38:39,100 I guess... I mean, it doesn't sound like that's where everybody's at. 583 00:38:39,100 --> 00:38:42,700 What I'm hearing is that like, it's worth continuing. 584 00:38:42,700 --> 00:38:44,500 We're miners, let's mine. 585 00:38:44,500 --> 00:38:45,867 We're finally on gold. We're set up. 586 00:38:45,867 --> 00:38:47,800 So we need to at least get what's in this area. 587 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:50,700 What I wanna do is, for the next week, 588 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:53,567 just go as hard as we possibly can 589 00:38:53,567 --> 00:38:55,200 and see if that gets the numbers up. 590 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:57,300 -[Gabe] Yeah. -[Nate] Yeah. 591 00:38:59,300 --> 00:39:01,400 [Zeke] We could still come out ahead. 592 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:08,700 [narrator] Back in town... 593 00:39:13,100 --> 00:39:15,166 [Vernon] Weigh it up, Gary. Let's see what we got here. 594 00:39:15,166 --> 00:39:17,233 All right, here we go. 595 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,400 [narrator] After the close call, 596 00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:24,300 the captain and his lone diver hope the scale brings good news. 597 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:28,367 -[Vernon] Do the honors. -Let's see what we got. 598 00:39:28,367 --> 00:39:30,400 [dramatic music playing] 599 00:39:33,066 --> 00:39:34,500 [Vernon] Coming up on three, 600 00:39:35,166 --> 00:39:36,433 five, 601 00:39:37,667 --> 00:39:38,900 eight, 602 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,800 thirteen, 15, 603 00:39:43,900 --> 00:39:47,000 16.16. 604 00:39:48,166 --> 00:39:49,867 All right. 605 00:39:49,867 --> 00:39:54,166 [narrator] 16.16 ounces is worth over 37 grand. 606 00:39:54,166 --> 00:39:57,367 The Adkison Team's best haul this season. 607 00:39:57,367 --> 00:40:00,266 And despite being down to a single diver 608 00:40:00,266 --> 00:40:03,333 Vernon just may reach his goal after all. 609 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:16,500 -[Vernon] That's a nice one, right there. -Awesome. 610 00:40:16,500 --> 00:40:18,867 [Vernon] Gary's gonna break if I keep pushing. 611 00:40:18,867 --> 00:40:21,533 So I'm doing my damnedest to find another diver. 612 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:23,767 He's crushing it right now. 613 00:40:23,767 --> 00:40:27,100 And I don't mind that gold count getting higher and higher. 614 00:40:27,100 --> 00:40:28,533 All right. Well, here ya go. 615 00:40:29,100 --> 00:40:30,800 -All right. -[Gary] Yeah, nice. 616 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:33,867 [Vernon] We're in the money. 617 00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:39,300 [narrator] Vernon finds himself in second place. 618 00:40:39,300 --> 00:40:43,133 As Mr. Gold gets ready for an end-of-the-season run. 619 00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:45,667 Next time... 620 00:40:45,667 --> 00:40:47,500 You have to go where the gold's at. 621 00:40:47,500 --> 00:40:49,700 ...on Bering Sea Gold... 622 00:40:49,700 --> 00:40:51,867 [Kris] We're gonna make some money. 623 00:40:51,867 --> 00:40:54,900 This is a compression that nothing ever escapes from. 624 00:40:54,900 --> 00:40:58,066 And as we get closer to it, the gold could be insanely high. 625 00:40:58,066 --> 00:41:01,100 [Kris] How in the [bleep] are we gonna get this outta here? 626 00:41:01,100 --> 00:41:03,233 [grunting] No, that's not gonna work. 627 00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:05,967 This is [bleep]. 628 00:41:05,967 --> 00:41:08,467 -[Zeke] -[Nate] 629 00:41:08,467 --> 00:41:09,634 [Zeke] 630 00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:13,300 Dude, that's [bleep] awesome. 631 00:41:15,500 --> 00:41:17,266 [Zeke] Oh, nice. Here we go.