1 00:00:04,667 --> 00:00:06,900 -[Gary groaning] -[Vernon] It's not easy. 2 00:00:06,900 --> 00:00:09,900 I mean, you get the gold, but you wanna live to spend the gold. 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:13,800 ♪♪ Time is running out ♪ 4 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:15,567 [narrator] In just eight hours, 5 00:00:15,567 --> 00:00:19,066 mining regulations will shut down the winter season, 6 00:00:19,066 --> 00:00:21,400 marking the end of El Nino's wrath. 7 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:25,000 and the most challenging ice in Bering Sea history. 8 00:00:26,100 --> 00:00:29,066 [man 1] The Tomcod was the worst I've ever seen it this winter. 9 00:00:29,066 --> 00:00:33,000 [man 2] This is not good. There's ice jumbled up everywhere. 10 00:00:34,266 --> 00:00:36,567 [man 3] There have been pressure ridges everywhere. 11 00:00:36,567 --> 00:00:39,500 [man 4] If these blocks were to just, like, come loose, 12 00:00:39,500 --> 00:00:42,600 they would plug up my dive hole, like, instantly. 13 00:00:43,900 --> 00:00:45,867 [man 1 screaming] 14 00:00:45,867 --> 00:00:49,500 [man 2] Equipment problems have been an absolute nightmare. 15 00:00:50,266 --> 00:00:51,767 [man 1] I picked the saw up like this. 16 00:00:51,767 --> 00:00:53,800 -[man 2] No, you did not. -You're gonna [bleep] piss me off. 17 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,767 [Vernon] I have never seen tensions with the crew like I saw this season. 18 00:00:57,767 --> 00:00:59,533 I picked it up by the [bleep] handle. 19 00:01:00,367 --> 00:01:02,500 -More than I've seen in any winter. -Ah! 20 00:01:02,500 --> 00:01:05,467 [man] Despite everything, the gold was amazing. 21 00:01:05,467 --> 00:01:08,433 My feet are dancing off the floor right now. [laughing] 22 00:01:10,066 --> 00:01:12,700 [narrator] Now, on the season finale 23 00:01:12,700 --> 00:01:14,567 of Bering Sea Gold... 24 00:01:14,567 --> 00:01:17,266 ♪♪ Got to get there ♪ 25 00:01:17,266 --> 00:01:19,100 ♪♪ Get there somehow ♪ 26 00:01:19,100 --> 00:01:23,233 [narrator] ...the fleet is down to one last dive to hit their goals. 27 00:01:24,300 --> 00:01:26,166 [man 1 speaking] 28 00:01:26,166 --> 00:01:27,066 [man 2] Go get it, buddy. 29 00:01:27,066 --> 00:01:29,000 [man 3 speaking] 30 00:01:30,367 --> 00:01:31,867 [narrator] Tempting fate... 31 00:01:31,867 --> 00:01:33,900 [man 1 speaking] 32 00:01:36,467 --> 00:01:37,266 Be careful. 33 00:01:37,266 --> 00:01:38,467 [man 1 speaking] 34 00:01:38,467 --> 00:01:39,567 Are you good? 35 00:01:39,567 --> 00:01:40,634 [narrator] ...before time... 36 00:01:40,634 --> 00:01:42,667 Definitely gonna be that last little bit of cast. 37 00:01:42,667 --> 00:01:44,367 [narrator] ...runs out. 38 00:01:44,367 --> 00:01:46,467 Whatever gold we get, we get. That's it. 39 00:01:46,467 --> 00:01:48,300 [man] And nothing's gonna stop me. 40 00:01:49,266 --> 00:01:51,300 ♪♪ Time is running out ♪ 41 00:01:51,300 --> 00:01:53,000 [man speaking] 42 00:01:53,500 --> 00:01:54,867 Hey! 43 00:01:54,867 --> 00:01:56,800 [man 1] Okay, this is it. Moment of truth. 44 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:58,066 Let's get to 5-0! 45 00:01:58,066 --> 00:02:00,500 -[man 2] Let's get it, papa. -There it is. 46 00:02:01,967 --> 00:02:04,367 Tears of joy, tears of joy. 47 00:02:04,367 --> 00:02:06,867 -Whoo! -Are you ready? 48 00:02:06,867 --> 00:02:08,700 [man] Let's do it. 49 00:02:08,700 --> 00:02:10,800 It does not get any better than that. 50 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,333 ♪♪ I know ♪ 51 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,133 [Chris] We are at the end of our season. 52 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,967 Still got more energy in me. [grunts] 53 00:02:38,967 --> 00:02:41,266 Me and Jeff. We're not gonna stop. 54 00:02:41,266 --> 00:02:45,166 We can't stop. We're gonna finish this season strong. 55 00:02:45,166 --> 00:02:50,166 [narrator] This winter, no one's been getting more gold than Chris McCully. 56 00:02:50,166 --> 00:02:52,367 And, not surprisingly, 57 00:02:52,367 --> 00:02:54,367 no one has set a higher goal 58 00:02:54,367 --> 00:02:56,567 than Nome's resident young gun. 59 00:02:56,567 --> 00:02:59,767 Lovely weather we're having. Let's get to it. 60 00:02:59,767 --> 00:03:01,166 [man] We've got a new motor. 61 00:03:01,166 --> 00:03:02,867 [narrator] The reigning ice mining champ 62 00:03:02,867 --> 00:03:06,700 has done anything and everything he could to stay on top. 63 00:03:07,266 --> 00:03:08,500 It's getting really hot. 64 00:03:13,066 --> 00:03:15,266 [narrator] Paying to upgrade equipment... 65 00:03:15,266 --> 00:03:17,200 [man speaking] 66 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,000 -Good day on the McCully claim. -[Chris] Yes, sir. 67 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,000 [narrator] ...bringing in top talent... 68 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,967 [Chris] We did really good on this round. 69 00:03:23,967 --> 00:03:25,233 Good job, man. 70 00:03:25,233 --> 00:03:29,100 [narrator] ...Even diving solo when he was left on his own. 71 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:32,367 [Chris] I'm gonna get my dive today, no matter what. 72 00:03:32,367 --> 00:03:34,700 -That's more gold than I've seen in any winter. -Ah! 73 00:03:34,700 --> 00:03:38,133 [narrator] He's already set a personal winter best for the season. 74 00:03:39,867 --> 00:03:42,100 Now it's time, coming to the end... 75 00:03:42,100 --> 00:03:46,066 I can see myself now getting better and better each day. 76 00:03:46,066 --> 00:03:50,266 [narrator] And after hitting his lofty 100-ounce goal, with a week left, 77 00:03:50,266 --> 00:03:56,000 he gambled, raising his stakes another 100 ounces. 78 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,567 We're gonna button things up, and nothing's gonna stop me. 79 00:03:59,567 --> 00:04:02,767 This winter has been all about delivering for my new family. 80 00:04:02,767 --> 00:04:06,066 Making this operation as profitable as possible. 81 00:04:06,066 --> 00:04:08,000 I've got the ounces that I need 82 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,200 for my custom crawler for this summer. 83 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,767 And I'm already committed to paying for premium upgrades 84 00:04:13,767 --> 00:04:15,834 to the boat that's gonna be launching it. 85 00:04:16,166 --> 00:04:17,333 To pull that off, 86 00:04:17,333 --> 00:04:20,100 I'm gonna need the biggest cleanout of the season. 87 00:04:20,100 --> 00:04:22,700 I may have pressed my luck a bit too far. 88 00:04:31,667 --> 00:04:33,767 We've been running shifts nonstop. 89 00:04:33,767 --> 00:04:37,767 Now, I'm gonna go as long as I can to finish this off. 90 00:04:37,767 --> 00:04:39,767 But we've been riding the equipment pretty hard. 91 00:04:39,767 --> 00:04:42,166 Hopefully, it will hold on long enough. 92 00:04:42,166 --> 00:04:43,600 We'll see. 93 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,000 [man] Hey, bud. So how's... how's that ground looking? 94 00:06:08,867 --> 00:06:10,333 [Chris speaking] 95 00:06:38,700 --> 00:06:40,333 Whoo! [laughing] 96 00:06:44,567 --> 00:06:45,600 [sighs] 97 00:06:47,100 --> 00:06:48,900 [Chris speaking] 98 00:06:52,567 --> 00:06:54,700 [narrator] While the gold count leader gets rolling, 99 00:06:56,567 --> 00:06:57,800 across the ice... 100 00:07:03,066 --> 00:07:04,200 [Shawn] It's go time. 101 00:07:13,367 --> 00:07:15,266 [narrator] Shawn Pomrenke is looking 102 00:07:15,266 --> 00:07:17,667 for one last bite of the golden apple 103 00:07:17,667 --> 00:07:20,100 to launch him into summer. 104 00:07:20,100 --> 00:07:24,400 Extremely happy with moving to the Tomcod. It's pretty nice. 105 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:27,500 Tomcod paying just like it should. 106 00:07:27,500 --> 00:07:28,934 Little mountains of gold. 107 00:07:29,900 --> 00:07:32,100 Instead of digging dirt, we're digging ice. 108 00:07:32,100 --> 00:07:34,000 [narrator] Mr. Gold's aiming to fund 109 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,266 the most ambitious project of his career. 110 00:07:37,266 --> 00:07:40,166 [Shawn] I'm putting it all into this inland mine. 111 00:07:40,166 --> 00:07:43,200 If this doesn't work out, I'll have to start over. 112 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:45,200 Stressful? A little bit. 113 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:49,200 [narrator] But starting with umineable ground on Tomcod. 114 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,367 This is not good. 115 00:07:51,367 --> 00:07:54,367 There's ice jumbled up everywhere. 116 00:07:54,367 --> 00:07:58,000 [narrator] His back's been up against the wall nearly all season. 117 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,800 Eastern end of 56, there's a lot of flat areas. 118 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:05,133 [narrator] He reluctantly made a deal to mine on Vernon's claim. 119 00:08:05,867 --> 00:08:06,967 [Shawn] Oh, yeah! 120 00:08:06,967 --> 00:08:10,233 [narrator] But the results on 56 weren't cutting. 121 00:08:14,367 --> 00:08:17,266 [narrator] So he made a late, bold move, 122 00:08:17,266 --> 00:08:20,100 relocating to his beloved home field... 123 00:08:20,100 --> 00:08:21,800 [Shawn speaking] 124 00:08:22,867 --> 00:08:24,467 [narrator] ...where he was rewarded 125 00:08:24,467 --> 00:08:26,467 with the best gold all season. 126 00:08:26,467 --> 00:08:27,734 Thirty-five. 127 00:08:28,467 --> 00:08:29,834 [bleep] 128 00:08:31,467 --> 00:08:34,066 [narrator] And he found just what he was looking for 129 00:08:34,066 --> 00:08:36,500 at the Arctic gold inland mine. 130 00:08:37,567 --> 00:08:41,567 Uncovering the trail of the original Nome gold rush. 131 00:08:41,567 --> 00:08:45,300 Oh, yeah, there it is. Nice chunkers in there. 132 00:08:45,300 --> 00:08:46,367 Yeah! 133 00:08:46,367 --> 00:08:48,934 We hit paydirt, finally. 134 00:08:50,066 --> 00:08:51,467 We wasted too much time. 135 00:08:51,467 --> 00:08:54,000 We could have been sitting pretty by this time 136 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:55,467 if we would have moved sooner. 137 00:08:55,467 --> 00:08:57,100 We can't feel too bad about it. 138 00:08:57,100 --> 00:08:59,133 [Shawn] Hopefully find some patches. 139 00:09:00,166 --> 00:09:02,000 Puddles of gold. 140 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,100 [narrator] Now, he'll need a giant final haul 141 00:09:05,100 --> 00:09:08,266 to capitalize on his new discovery. 142 00:09:08,266 --> 00:09:10,567 I got to get the inland up and running. 143 00:09:10,567 --> 00:09:13,266 It'd be my last dive of the season. 144 00:09:13,266 --> 00:09:16,266 I'll get suited up, get down there and find some more. 145 00:09:16,266 --> 00:09:20,967 It looked like we were down for the count this season, but we come back huge. 146 00:09:20,967 --> 00:09:23,667 The Tomcod's been helping fund the inland mine. 147 00:09:23,667 --> 00:09:25,400 Now I know the treasure is there. 148 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:29,166 I got to hit the ground full force with equipment and a crew. 149 00:09:29,166 --> 00:09:33,300 We just need another 25 ounces to keep everything on track. 150 00:09:33,300 --> 00:09:36,367 The team's been grinding, and I'm gonna cap it off. 151 00:09:36,367 --> 00:09:39,634 But with the clock ticking, that could be a long shot. 152 00:09:48,567 --> 00:09:50,600 It's cold. Oh. 153 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,800 All buttoned up. Tighter than a duck's ass. 154 00:10:14,100 --> 00:10:15,266 You got a copy, Shawn? 155 00:10:15,266 --> 00:10:16,834 [Shawn] Yep. Good. Copy. 156 00:10:17,767 --> 00:10:19,600 [man speaking] 157 00:10:27,867 --> 00:10:29,100 [Shawn speaking] 158 00:10:29,100 --> 00:10:30,300 from the bottom. 159 00:10:33,367 --> 00:10:35,300 Nice. Good visibility, eh? 160 00:10:37,867 --> 00:10:39,300 [Shawn speaking] 161 00:10:49,300 --> 00:10:50,500 [man speaking] 162 00:10:55,967 --> 00:10:58,133 Nice. What are you seeing down there? 163 00:10:59,367 --> 00:11:01,700 [Shawn speaking] 164 00:11:07,467 --> 00:11:09,300 [man speaking] 165 00:11:10,467 --> 00:11:12,000 He likes what he's seeing down there. 166 00:11:14,166 --> 00:11:15,734 [Shawn speaking] 167 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:39,000 [man speaking] 168 00:11:39,500 --> 00:11:41,000 [Shawn speaking] 169 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:45,667 Box sounds real nice. Hear those heavies 170 00:11:45,667 --> 00:11:47,500 pouring through the diffuser right now. 171 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:50,133 That's the sound of money. 172 00:11:51,166 --> 00:11:52,600 We're in it, boys. 173 00:11:53,867 --> 00:11:55,400 Thank God for Tomcod. 174 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:08,867 [Vernon] It is April 15th. 175 00:12:08,867 --> 00:12:10,667 Spring time in Nome. 176 00:12:10,667 --> 00:12:12,600 Today is the last day. 177 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,000 Hopefully, I can get six to seven hours today. 178 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,400 [narrator] They may only have one diver, 179 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:20,934 but Team Adkison, has no intention of going easy 180 00:12:20,934 --> 00:12:23,000 on winter's final day. 181 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:28,100 Since we started, we popped three or four holes around in this area, 182 00:12:28,100 --> 00:12:29,700 and each one of them has been good. 183 00:12:29,700 --> 00:12:35,166 [narrator] This winter, Vernon found himself as landlord, of the Bering Sea. 184 00:12:35,166 --> 00:12:36,734 [man] Well, I got something here for you. 185 00:12:36,734 --> 00:12:38,867 I like more, because I like the royalty. 186 00:12:38,867 --> 00:12:42,467 [narrator] But life on the flat ice wasn't a cakewalk... 187 00:12:42,467 --> 00:12:43,767 -[man 1] Move out of my way. -[man 2] I didn't say it. 188 00:12:43,767 --> 00:12:45,367 [man 1] I picked it up by the [bleep] handle. 189 00:12:45,367 --> 00:12:46,600 [man 2] You don't wanna listen to me. 190 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:48,767 I don't give a [bleep] what you do there. 191 00:12:48,767 --> 00:12:50,867 [narrator] ...and proved too much for some. 192 00:12:50,867 --> 00:12:52,667 Oh, man, it hurts so bad. 193 00:12:52,667 --> 00:12:54,233 [Vernon] It blew out an eardrum. 194 00:12:55,166 --> 00:12:57,867 [narrator] Gary Panos rose to the occasion... 195 00:12:57,867 --> 00:13:00,166 [Gary speaking] 196 00:13:00,166 --> 00:13:02,166 [Vernon] All right. That's what I wanna hear, Gary. 197 00:13:02,166 --> 00:13:04,166 [narrator] ...even when pushed to the edge. 198 00:13:04,166 --> 00:13:05,200 [Gary groans] 199 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:06,467 [Gary speaking] 200 00:13:06,467 --> 00:13:07,667 [Vernon speaking] 201 00:13:07,667 --> 00:13:08,400 [Gary speaking] 202 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:10,166 [Gary groans] 203 00:13:10,166 --> 00:13:11,867 [Vernon] All right, we're ready. 204 00:13:11,867 --> 00:13:13,467 [machine whirring] 205 00:13:13,467 --> 00:13:15,934 [narrator] Now, despite all the misfires 206 00:13:15,934 --> 00:13:21,066 -and with royalties from miners subleasing his claim... -Good. 207 00:13:21,066 --> 00:13:25,100 [narrator] ...Vernon could be on the verge of reaching his winter goal. 208 00:13:25,100 --> 00:13:27,767 [Vernon] Let's shake, rattle and roll. 209 00:13:27,767 --> 00:13:29,734 This season could've gone off the rails. 210 00:13:29,734 --> 00:13:31,166 But Gary's been a beast. 211 00:13:31,166 --> 00:13:33,100 He's on fumes at this point. 212 00:13:33,100 --> 00:13:35,867 But to pay for that new nitrox dive system, 213 00:13:35,867 --> 00:13:38,767 I gotta push him one last time. 214 00:13:38,767 --> 00:13:41,400 I just don't know what he's got left in his tank. 215 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:51,200 All right, Gary. Put some gold in the box. 216 00:13:57,066 --> 00:13:58,533 [Gary speaking] 217 00:14:13,266 --> 00:14:15,100 [Vernon] Got you loud and clear. 218 00:14:15,100 --> 00:14:16,500 Get after him, buddy. 219 00:14:38,367 --> 00:14:40,233 -[Vernon] Gary, Gary. - [Gary speaking] 220 00:14:42,166 --> 00:14:43,867 [Vernon] Hey, how's that ground looking? 221 00:14:46,567 --> 00:14:47,967 [Gary speaking] 222 00:14:50,100 --> 00:14:53,400 We've got this site marked as easy gold. 223 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,700 But it's not easy. 224 00:14:57,100 --> 00:14:59,133 This is a lot of overburden right here. 225 00:15:00,066 --> 00:15:03,100 So unfortunately, all that loose material 226 00:15:03,100 --> 00:15:05,266 between the rocks has got gold in it. 227 00:15:05,266 --> 00:15:08,300 But it's hard work moving all those damn rocks. 228 00:15:09,266 --> 00:15:11,266 So how's the gold looking, Gary? 229 00:15:11,266 --> 00:15:12,500 [Gary groans] 230 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:17,867 [Gary speaking] 231 00:15:18,767 --> 00:15:20,500 [Vernon] Yeah, I can see you moving 232 00:15:20,500 --> 00:15:23,700 a hell of a lot of material, but I know there's gold in it. 233 00:15:24,967 --> 00:15:26,700 [Gary speaking] 234 00:15:30,367 --> 00:15:32,133 [Vernon] Oh! Oh! 235 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,000 [Gary speaking] 236 00:15:40,667 --> 00:15:42,133 [Vernon] All right, Gary. 237 00:15:42,467 --> 00:15:44,867 [Gary speaking] 238 00:15:47,467 --> 00:15:48,767 All right. 239 00:15:48,767 --> 00:15:50,166 We're in business. 240 00:15:50,166 --> 00:15:53,400 [Gary speaking] 241 00:15:54,166 --> 00:15:55,700 [Vernon] All right, already! 242 00:15:58,266 --> 00:16:00,467 [narrator] Across the ice... 243 00:16:00,467 --> 00:16:03,166 [man] This is our last chance at everything right now. 244 00:16:03,166 --> 00:16:04,500 The finish line is right there. 245 00:16:04,500 --> 00:16:05,834 We gotta hustle to make it work. 246 00:16:05,834 --> 00:16:09,934 [narrator] ...Reaper Nation is hoping for an ice-cold miracle 247 00:16:09,934 --> 00:16:11,567 on winter's final day. 248 00:16:11,567 --> 00:16:12,867 [man] Just jump into work. 249 00:16:12,867 --> 00:16:14,967 Andy, chip out the hole. 250 00:16:14,967 --> 00:16:18,166 PJ, just start setting up the air compressor and everything. 251 00:16:18,166 --> 00:16:21,934 This is our last push. We gotta make this work. Come on. 252 00:16:21,934 --> 00:16:24,400 -[narrator] This season... -[man laughing] 253 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:26,667 [man speaking] 254 00:16:26,667 --> 00:16:27,700 Yeah! 255 00:16:27,700 --> 00:16:30,266 [narrator] ...the gold has been far from cold. 256 00:16:30,266 --> 00:16:31,867 [man 1 groaning] 257 00:16:31,867 --> 00:16:32,767 [man 1 speaking] 258 00:16:32,767 --> 00:16:34,367 [man 2 speaking] 259 00:16:34,367 --> 00:16:38,066 [narrator] But the sluice has been loose all winter. 260 00:16:39,367 --> 00:16:41,567 [Kris] Damn, that's bad. 261 00:16:41,567 --> 00:16:45,166 [narrator] And now Kris has his back up against the wall 262 00:16:45,166 --> 00:16:48,066 as a big bill is coming due. 263 00:16:48,066 --> 00:16:50,166 Whatever gold we get, we get. That's it. 264 00:16:50,166 --> 00:16:52,567 There's no crying and there's no bitching and there's no nothing. 265 00:16:52,567 --> 00:16:53,767 It's done. 266 00:16:53,767 --> 00:16:57,467 Look, we have a real chance of hitting our goal this year. 267 00:16:57,467 --> 00:16:59,867 Get pumped up, and let's get that gold. 268 00:16:59,867 --> 00:17:01,100 It's our day to shine. 269 00:17:01,100 --> 00:17:03,166 You know what? That was a good speech. 270 00:17:03,166 --> 00:17:04,667 I know you guys felt it. 271 00:17:04,667 --> 00:17:05,700 Hallelujah! 272 00:17:05,700 --> 00:17:09,266 We can do it if we stick together and work hard. 273 00:17:09,266 --> 00:17:11,500 Heigh-ho, off to work you go. 274 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,000 I need to hit my goal to pay for the upgrades on my crawler. 275 00:17:16,667 --> 00:17:19,066 My plan for the summer is the crawler. 276 00:17:19,066 --> 00:17:20,767 It's the centerpiece. 277 00:17:20,767 --> 00:17:23,000 Without it, everything will fall apart. 278 00:17:23,667 --> 00:17:25,200 Last dive of the season, 279 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:28,000 we've had a few problems with visibility 280 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,867 and the box freezing up, 281 00:17:29,867 --> 00:17:33,166 so we really need to just hope for the best. 282 00:17:33,166 --> 00:17:35,367 We finally got the sluice box patched up. 283 00:17:35,367 --> 00:17:38,767 I'm gonna go deeper than we've been looking for harder gold. 284 00:17:38,767 --> 00:17:42,400 It's risky because we have no time to waste. 285 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:44,900 I have to hit pay immediately. 286 00:17:55,467 --> 00:17:56,700 [man] You're all good, bud. 287 00:17:58,266 --> 00:18:00,333 Last dive. Go get it, buddy. 288 00:18:01,500 --> 00:18:04,000 [Kris] Thank you. Last dive, baby. 289 00:18:05,767 --> 00:18:07,233 A little tight. 290 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:12,333 What the [bleep] is this? 291 00:18:17,734 --> 00:18:20,500 Holy [bleep]! It looks like a pressure ridge. 292 00:18:20,500 --> 00:18:22,567 It goes all the way underneath the water. 293 00:18:22,567 --> 00:18:24,734 It is [bleep] crazy-looking. 294 00:18:26,967 --> 00:18:27,900 [man] Describe it. 295 00:18:27,900 --> 00:18:30,934 [Kris] It's an iceberg underneath the water 296 00:18:30,934 --> 00:18:33,567 that reaches 20 feet down. 297 00:18:33,567 --> 00:18:35,000 [man] Is it touching the ground? 298 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,200 [Kris] No, it's not touching the ground. 299 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:39,100 It's like... There's nothing. You can walk underneath it. 300 00:18:39,100 --> 00:18:42,133 [man] Well, when it comes to low tide, get the [bleep] out of there. 301 00:18:43,567 --> 00:18:44,667 [Kris] Oh, yeah. 302 00:18:44,667 --> 00:18:48,166 I bet the low tide pushes this right on the ground. 303 00:18:48,166 --> 00:18:50,967 [narrator] Due to El Nino's fluctuating temperatures, 304 00:18:50,967 --> 00:18:54,166 pressure ridges have been trouble above 305 00:18:54,166 --> 00:18:55,934 and below the ice. 306 00:18:55,934 --> 00:18:57,667 And as spring approaches, 307 00:18:57,667 --> 00:18:59,600 they can become even more dangerous. 308 00:19:02,166 --> 00:19:04,066 When the tide goes out, 309 00:19:04,066 --> 00:19:07,266 the water level can recede several feet. 310 00:19:07,266 --> 00:19:09,367 Suddenly, a giant pressure ridge 311 00:19:09,367 --> 00:19:11,000 hanging from the surface 312 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,133 can be so close to the sea floor 313 00:19:13,867 --> 00:19:15,133 there's no room to move. 314 00:19:16,100 --> 00:19:17,800 And a diver can be trapped. 315 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,500 Definitely don't wanna be stuck under the ice with low tide, dude. 316 00:19:22,967 --> 00:19:24,100 How's everything else? 317 00:19:24,100 --> 00:19:27,266 -[Kris] Everything fine. -[man] How's the visibility? 318 00:19:27,266 --> 00:19:29,000 [Kris] The visibility is not bad. 319 00:19:30,100 --> 00:19:32,900 -Idle up the engine. -[man] On it. 320 00:19:39,767 --> 00:19:40,667 Idled up. 321 00:19:40,667 --> 00:19:42,100 [Kris speaking] 322 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:43,800 I'm going to work. 323 00:19:48,300 --> 00:19:50,000 [man] Describe the bottom for me. 324 00:19:52,567 --> 00:19:53,667 [Kris] I mean, 325 00:19:53,667 --> 00:19:55,967 it's like a pea gravel... 326 00:20:00,367 --> 00:20:02,133 I'm a foot down already. 327 00:20:04,767 --> 00:20:06,967 Well, we're on gold. 328 00:20:06,967 --> 00:20:08,734 That's a good thing to [bleep] hear. 329 00:20:09,867 --> 00:20:11,500 [Kris] I'm on something kinda hot. 330 00:20:11,767 --> 00:20:13,467 Woo-hoo! 331 00:20:13,467 --> 00:20:15,000 [man] Okay, keep working. 332 00:20:16,500 --> 00:20:19,266 [Kris] As soon as low-tide comes... 333 00:20:19,266 --> 00:20:22,100 I think we get the [bleep] out of here, and we're done. 334 00:20:23,367 --> 00:20:27,166 Let's end on a high note and not get [bleep] over. 335 00:20:27,166 --> 00:20:30,700 Try to stay down there as long as possible, buddy. We need this gold. 336 00:20:32,100 --> 00:20:35,200 [Kris] We're getting as much gold as we can before it's the end. 337 00:20:45,967 --> 00:20:47,734 [Zeke] I'm hoping for the best for today. 338 00:20:48,500 --> 00:20:49,967 It's gonna be our last dive. 339 00:20:50,834 --> 00:20:52,867 The last dive of the ice season. 340 00:20:52,867 --> 00:20:55,200 [narrator] Zeke Tenhoff is trying to salvage 341 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:58,000 what he can from a tough season. 342 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,367 [Zeke] I have high hopes. We'll get her going. 343 00:21:00,367 --> 00:21:03,967 [narrator] While the enthusiasm has been abundant this winter... 344 00:21:03,967 --> 00:21:06,200 [Zeke speaking] 345 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:07,767 Hell, yeah, dude, I'm stoked on it. 346 00:21:07,767 --> 00:21:09,767 [narrator] ...as have the discoveries... 347 00:21:09,767 --> 00:21:13,100 Check out what we're looking at here with my the sonar map. 348 00:21:13,100 --> 00:21:16,767 [narrator] The one thing largely missing has been the gold. 349 00:21:16,767 --> 00:21:19,967 Ay, ay, ay. Oh, my gosh. 350 00:21:19,967 --> 00:21:21,767 I don't really know what to say. 351 00:21:21,767 --> 00:21:23,233 [narrator] As a result... 352 00:21:25,467 --> 00:21:29,000 Captain Zeke's still far from hitting his winter goal. 353 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,867 [Zeke] You just got to keep a good attitude 354 00:21:30,867 --> 00:21:33,767 and you don't ever find gold if you're in a bad mood. 355 00:21:33,767 --> 00:21:35,166 [laughing] 356 00:21:35,166 --> 00:21:38,867 I was really hoping I could get enough ounces to outfit my yurt 357 00:21:38,867 --> 00:21:41,467 to be comfortable for my wife and kid, 358 00:21:41,467 --> 00:21:44,166 but at this point, I don't know if I'm gonna pull that off. 359 00:21:44,166 --> 00:21:46,367 All we can do is keep pushing. 360 00:21:46,367 --> 00:21:48,867 If I can get just three more ounces, 361 00:21:48,867 --> 00:21:51,467 then I'll at least be at break even. 362 00:21:51,467 --> 00:21:54,600 So I'm gonna try to clear out this hole before we call it. 363 00:21:55,467 --> 00:21:56,600 Yep, looking good. 364 00:21:57,767 --> 00:21:59,000 [Zeke] You got me on comms? 365 00:21:59,467 --> 00:22:00,967 [man speaking] 366 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:17,800 Where'd he go, Oscar? 367 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,100 Where'd he go? 368 00:22:25,467 --> 00:22:27,133 How you doing down there, Zeke? 369 00:22:30,066 --> 00:22:33,133 -I'm waiting for the pumps. - [man] Right on, I'll run 'em up. 370 00:22:43,467 --> 00:22:45,000 How does that suction feel? 371 00:22:45,500 --> 00:22:47,400 [Zeke speaking] 372 00:22:48,066 --> 00:22:49,667 [man] Okay. Roger. 373 00:22:49,667 --> 00:22:51,734 How's it looking down there, dude? 374 00:22:51,734 --> 00:22:53,867 [Zeke speaking] 375 00:23:06,367 --> 00:23:07,400 [man] Yep. Roger that. 376 00:23:07,967 --> 00:23:09,266 This is the last hole. 377 00:23:09,266 --> 00:23:11,500 Move as much dirt as we can. 378 00:23:11,500 --> 00:23:15,367 At this point, as far we can see, even if it gets us an ounce or two 379 00:23:15,367 --> 00:23:18,033 that we scratch for, it's gonna be worth those hours. 380 00:23:18,033 --> 00:23:19,433 [Zeke speaking] 381 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:27,533 Oh, yeah. 382 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:38,133 [man] Rock and roll, dude. 383 00:23:39,266 --> 00:23:40,433 [Zeke speaking] 384 00:23:44,500 --> 00:23:45,900 Everything's going great. 385 00:23:49,500 --> 00:23:50,967 [narrator] Across the ice... 386 00:23:57,300 --> 00:23:59,667 [Shawn speaking] 387 00:23:59,667 --> 00:24:01,800 [man laughing] 388 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:05,867 [Shawn speaking] 389 00:24:06,767 --> 00:24:08,300 Oh! 390 00:24:12,266 --> 00:24:14,033 Looking good down there, eh? 391 00:24:14,033 --> 00:24:15,233 [Shawn speaking] 392 00:24:18,867 --> 00:24:20,166 [man speaking] 393 00:24:20,166 --> 00:24:22,166 [narrator] ...after nearly six hours, 394 00:24:22,166 --> 00:24:25,367 Mr. Gold is making his last dive count 395 00:24:25,367 --> 00:24:27,166 in the final moments of winter. 396 00:24:27,467 --> 00:24:29,100 [Shawn speaking] 397 00:24:41,033 --> 00:24:42,100 [man speaking] 398 00:24:45,734 --> 00:24:47,800 [Shawn speaking] 399 00:24:53,100 --> 00:24:54,533 All right. Throttling down. 400 00:24:58,467 --> 00:24:59,700 [Shawn] Whoo! 401 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:01,567 What a way to end it. 402 00:25:01,567 --> 00:25:04,166 The best gold I've seen this season. 403 00:25:04,166 --> 00:25:07,100 And combined with all the material the boys have been getting, 404 00:25:07,100 --> 00:25:09,133 I couldn't ask for anything better. 405 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:13,400 Now it just has to be enough to keep inland going into summer. 406 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,834 The dive went good. 407 00:25:15,834 --> 00:25:18,266 Really good. Seeing lots of gold. 408 00:25:18,266 --> 00:25:21,800 I don't know if I can get my fat ass out of this suit. 409 00:25:25,767 --> 00:25:27,600 [all laughing] 410 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,700 [narrator] As the first member of the fleet prepares to leave the ice... 411 00:25:38,834 --> 00:25:40,200 five miles east... 412 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,467 [man] Okay... We're getting to the shallower time, 413 00:25:45,467 --> 00:25:49,200 for low tide, so just be careful and keep your eye on it. 414 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:52,166 [Kris] It's very hard to see gold like this. 415 00:25:57,066 --> 00:26:01,467 [narrator] The final hours of winter mining quickly descend on Nome. 416 00:26:01,467 --> 00:26:04,266 And so too does the pressure ridge 417 00:26:04,266 --> 00:26:06,000 above Kris Kelly. 418 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,767 [Kris speaking] 419 00:26:08,767 --> 00:26:11,467 [narrator] As the tide reaches its lowest point, 420 00:26:11,467 --> 00:26:14,867 the space between the pressure ridge and the sea floor 421 00:26:14,867 --> 00:26:16,934 has shrunk significantly, 422 00:26:16,934 --> 00:26:19,900 leaving dangerously little room to move. 423 00:26:20,467 --> 00:26:22,066 And in the tight quarters, 424 00:26:22,066 --> 00:26:25,867 the ground that's been kicked up can't filter out, 425 00:26:25,867 --> 00:26:28,500 adding murky visibility to the mix. 426 00:26:32,467 --> 00:26:34,867 [Kris] This is it. [bleep]. 427 00:26:34,867 --> 00:26:40,100 Ice, low tide came down and turning it into a dangerous dark situation. 428 00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:42,100 I'm headed up. 429 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:43,634 All right, J, you coming up? 430 00:26:44,667 --> 00:26:46,100 [Kris] I want to get the [indistinct] down 431 00:26:46,100 --> 00:26:47,700 and get the [bleep] out of here. 432 00:26:49,867 --> 00:26:51,600 All right, buddy. You did a good job. 433 00:27:02,100 --> 00:27:04,600 [Kris] We got on great gold, but with that pressure ridge 434 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:07,800 bearing down on me, there was no way to keep going. 435 00:27:08,567 --> 00:27:09,767 I wanted to do more, 436 00:27:09,767 --> 00:27:12,600 but the Bering Sea can be a bitch when it wants to. 437 00:27:14,100 --> 00:27:16,667 Turn off the engine, start packing everything up. 438 00:27:16,667 --> 00:27:19,200 We're done for the year. This is it. 439 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,934 Hopefully, there will be a big surprise on this scale 440 00:27:21,934 --> 00:27:23,100 and we hit our goal 441 00:27:23,100 --> 00:27:24,900 or at least come close. 442 00:27:25,734 --> 00:27:28,533 We're done for the season. Thank God! 443 00:27:42,867 --> 00:27:44,300 [Gary groaning] 444 00:27:45,066 --> 00:27:46,300 Damn! 445 00:27:46,734 --> 00:27:48,233 [continues groaning] 446 00:27:56,367 --> 00:27:57,800 Gary's down there 447 00:27:58,200 --> 00:27:59,600 grinding away... 448 00:28:00,667 --> 00:28:03,200 getting in that final push. 449 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:07,400 It's a tough material because there's so many rocks that are tightly packed. 450 00:28:08,033 --> 00:28:10,767 But, um, but he's moving it. 451 00:28:10,767 --> 00:28:13,400 [narrator] At the end of an exhausting season, 452 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,600 Gary Panos is still on the gold. 453 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:18,333 [Gary groans] 454 00:28:19,367 --> 00:28:21,066 [Vernon] He's getting tired. 455 00:28:21,066 --> 00:28:22,467 And he's getting frustrated. 456 00:28:22,467 --> 00:28:24,734 [Gary groaning] 457 00:28:24,734 --> 00:28:28,233 Gary's a warrior, but he's just about out of gas. 458 00:28:28,934 --> 00:28:30,867 I think he's reached his limit. 459 00:28:32,867 --> 00:28:34,000 [Gary] Ah, damn it! 460 00:28:40,266 --> 00:28:41,834 [groans] 461 00:28:41,834 --> 00:28:43,300 What we do is dangerous. 462 00:28:43,300 --> 00:28:44,567 There's no getting around that. 463 00:28:44,567 --> 00:28:48,000 But there's a... there's a time you gotta know when to call it. 464 00:28:49,100 --> 00:28:50,400 Good job. 465 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,266 I mean, you get the gold, but you wanna live to spend the gold. 466 00:28:53,867 --> 00:28:54,900 And so, um-- 467 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:56,900 Hey, Gary. 468 00:28:57,567 --> 00:28:58,934 [Gary speaking] 469 00:28:58,934 --> 00:29:00,500 [Vernon] Yeah, we're gonna have to call it. 470 00:29:01,734 --> 00:29:03,700 [Gary speaking] 471 00:29:04,867 --> 00:29:08,667 [Vernon] We'll do a cleanup, and then the tale will be told. 472 00:29:08,667 --> 00:29:10,000 [Gary laughs] 473 00:29:10,567 --> 00:29:12,500 [Gary speaking] 474 00:29:15,934 --> 00:29:20,000 This season's been a first class [bleep]. 475 00:29:20,967 --> 00:29:23,900 But, you know, we persevere. 476 00:29:24,266 --> 00:29:26,467 Gary did good today. 477 00:29:26,467 --> 00:29:28,467 He did a little over five hours. 478 00:29:28,467 --> 00:29:29,834 That's respectable. 479 00:29:29,834 --> 00:29:31,300 [Gary speaking] 480 00:29:35,166 --> 00:29:37,967 [Vernon] That's ice mining, that's Nome. 481 00:29:37,967 --> 00:29:40,800 We call this place Malfunction Junction. 482 00:29:42,166 --> 00:29:44,100 It's not for the weak of heart. 483 00:29:45,300 --> 00:29:46,700 Let me tell you that. 484 00:29:47,867 --> 00:29:50,800 [narrator] As exhaustion knocks out Vernon's squad, 485 00:29:57,166 --> 00:29:58,133 across the claim... 486 00:30:01,467 --> 00:30:05,000 [Zeke] I am satisfied, uh, with my dive. 487 00:30:07,667 --> 00:30:09,734 We ended on a high note. 488 00:30:09,734 --> 00:30:10,667 [man 2] Yeah, that sounds great. 489 00:30:10,667 --> 00:30:12,467 You know, I'm gonna run the pumps down. 490 00:30:12,467 --> 00:30:14,767 And, uh, pull the tether up. 491 00:30:14,767 --> 00:30:16,400 [Zeke] Okay, sounds good. I'll head on up. 492 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:18,467 Sounds good. 493 00:30:18,467 --> 00:30:22,533 [narrator] Zeke Tenhoff ends his hard fought push to break even. 494 00:30:32,667 --> 00:30:34,567 [Zeke] We tapped out the rest of that hole. 495 00:30:34,567 --> 00:30:37,667 I think that's as good as we're gonna be able to do for the last day. 496 00:30:37,667 --> 00:30:38,967 Hopefully, we have a good haul, 497 00:30:38,967 --> 00:30:40,900 and we can end this season in the black. 498 00:30:53,300 --> 00:30:56,266 [narrator] Time is almost up. 499 00:30:56,266 --> 00:30:59,600 And there's still one team left on the ice. 500 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,600 [Chris indistinct over radio] 501 00:31:10,066 --> 00:31:11,066 [man over radio] Yeah, man. 502 00:31:11,066 --> 00:31:13,667 [narrator] Now, over six hours on the gold, 503 00:31:13,667 --> 00:31:16,734 Chris McCully is giving it everything he has, 504 00:31:16,734 --> 00:31:18,767 as the clock counts down. 505 00:31:18,767 --> 00:31:19,467 [Chris speaking] 506 00:31:21,767 --> 00:31:23,266 [man] Sounds good to me, bud. 507 00:31:23,266 --> 00:31:25,867 It's good to know that all this grinding is paying off. 508 00:31:25,867 --> 00:31:26,867 [Chris speaking] 509 00:31:29,767 --> 00:31:30,767 -What's up? -[Chris speaking] 510 00:31:32,166 --> 00:31:33,000 -All right. -[Chris speaking] 511 00:31:38,500 --> 00:31:39,634 [motor shuts down] 512 00:31:44,934 --> 00:31:45,900 Are you good? 513 00:31:46,667 --> 00:31:47,700 [Chris speaking] 514 00:31:55,266 --> 00:31:57,367 - Whoo! -[man] Wait, you found a nugget? 515 00:31:57,367 --> 00:31:58,266 [Chris speaking] 516 00:32:00,066 --> 00:32:01,967 Wow! 517 00:32:01,967 --> 00:32:05,367 -Hey! -[Chris whooping] 518 00:32:05,367 --> 00:32:09,266 [Chris] A [bleep] nugget! Yahoo! 519 00:32:13,100 --> 00:32:15,200 [man] All right, I'll start grabbing your umbilical. 520 00:32:23,133 --> 00:32:25,066 [shouting exultantly] 521 00:32:25,066 --> 00:32:29,100 [man] Whoa! What the... [bleep]. Crazy! 522 00:32:29,100 --> 00:32:32,200 This could not get any better than that, dude. 523 00:32:36,467 --> 00:32:37,634 Wow. [bleep] 524 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,567 I made it through all of that problems, 525 00:32:41,567 --> 00:32:45,567 all the breakdowns, all the crew issues, 526 00:32:45,567 --> 00:32:48,100 and now, bam! At the end of my season, 527 00:32:48,100 --> 00:32:51,166 the gold gods gave me a nugget, dude. 528 00:32:51,166 --> 00:32:53,266 That's what they treat you. 529 00:32:53,266 --> 00:32:55,467 Yes! I couldn't be happier, dude. That's... 530 00:32:55,467 --> 00:32:57,467 I'm so happy. Like... 531 00:32:57,467 --> 00:33:00,767 Wow, what a way to finish the last dive of the season. 532 00:33:00,767 --> 00:33:01,800 Wow. 533 00:33:02,166 --> 00:33:04,166 Shimmering shine. 534 00:33:04,166 --> 00:33:06,033 It's just all over the plate. 535 00:33:06,033 --> 00:33:07,600 We'll see how we did on the scale. 536 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:11,900 But one thing is for sure that this team was relentless to the bitter end. 537 00:33:12,166 --> 00:33:13,400 Wow. 538 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:16,266 We really crushed it hard. Got a lot of gold in the box, 539 00:33:16,266 --> 00:33:18,533 and could not get any better than this. 540 00:33:19,500 --> 00:33:23,300 That's how you end your season, baby! Yeah! 541 00:33:31,233 --> 00:33:34,467 [narrator] And now, join us for the Bering Sea Gold End of Season Awards. 542 00:33:34,467 --> 00:33:37,266 In the category of Best Argument 543 00:33:37,266 --> 00:33:40,667 Involving the Use of a Chainsaw, goes to 544 00:33:40,667 --> 00:33:43,567 Gary Panos and Chris Numink. 545 00:33:43,567 --> 00:33:45,033 I picked the saw up like this. 546 00:33:45,033 --> 00:33:47,066 -[Gary] No, you did not. -You're gonna [bleep] piss me off! 547 00:33:47,066 --> 00:33:51,867 [narrator] The award for Shortest Time Under The Ice this season, goes to... 548 00:33:51,867 --> 00:33:54,133 And we have a repeat winner. 549 00:33:54,133 --> 00:33:55,767 It's Chris Numink... 550 00:33:56,066 --> 00:33:57,634 [Chris exclaims] 551 00:33:57,634 --> 00:34:02,033 [narrator] ...who logged one extremely brief dive before busting an eardrum. 552 00:34:02,033 --> 00:34:03,533 Oh, man, it hurts so bad. 553 00:34:03,533 --> 00:34:07,934 [narrator] And finally, in the category of Biggest Stretch Of The Truth, 554 00:34:07,934 --> 00:34:09,367 the award goes to 555 00:34:09,967 --> 00:34:10,800 Kris Kelly... 556 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:12,867 We're gonna come up with the money. 557 00:34:12,867 --> 00:34:15,467 [narrator] ...for telling the guy building his crawler 558 00:34:15,467 --> 00:34:16,934 that there'd be no issue paying for it... 559 00:34:16,934 --> 00:34:17,867 [Kris grunts] 560 00:34:17,867 --> 00:34:19,967 Everything is working good. 561 00:34:19,967 --> 00:34:23,433 [narrator] ...when, in actuality, there was a tremendous issue. 562 00:34:23,433 --> 00:34:24,567 Shut the [bleep] up. 563 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:27,400 [narrator] Thanks for watching. 564 00:34:32,233 --> 00:34:33,533 [narrator] Throughout Nome... 565 00:34:37,867 --> 00:34:40,667 Doing the last clean up. Everything's off the ice. 566 00:34:40,667 --> 00:34:43,567 The last thing to do is clean the gold. 567 00:34:43,567 --> 00:34:46,400 -[man 1] Looks like we got full carpets. -[Shawn] [bleep] heavy. 568 00:34:48,667 --> 00:34:51,133 [narrator] The fleet's readying their final weigh outs. 569 00:34:51,133 --> 00:34:53,767 Finally, the season is done. 570 00:34:53,767 --> 00:34:55,433 [man] The last couple of scoops are the good ones. 571 00:34:55,433 --> 00:34:57,567 -[Chris] Look at that. Man. -[man] Wow. 572 00:34:57,567 --> 00:34:59,400 -Are you ready? -Let's do it. 573 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:02,400 [Zeke] Quick and dirty clean up. 574 00:35:05,333 --> 00:35:09,467 We got an ounce. We got one ounce, we got 1.3. 575 00:35:11,734 --> 00:35:13,100 Two ounces. 576 00:35:14,133 --> 00:35:16,600 Two point five. 577 00:35:17,734 --> 00:35:19,100 Two point... 578 00:35:20,333 --> 00:35:21,367 [reading aloud] 579 00:35:21,367 --> 00:35:26,567 [narrator] 2.77 ounces is worth over $6,400, 580 00:35:26,567 --> 00:35:30,900 bringing Zeke's final season total to 15 and a half ounces, 581 00:35:33,767 --> 00:35:36,300 banking over 36 grand. 582 00:35:37,100 --> 00:35:38,900 I'm ready to haul all this gear off the ice. 583 00:35:39,567 --> 00:35:40,867 It was a rough season, 584 00:35:40,867 --> 00:35:43,667 and I didn't get as much gold as I needed to for my family. 585 00:35:43,667 --> 00:35:47,734 But the good news is, is that we did get enough gold to keep going until summer. 586 00:35:47,734 --> 00:35:50,500 It just makes me wanna work that much harder going forward. 587 00:35:53,233 --> 00:35:55,133 [Kris] Okay. Four ounces, people. 588 00:35:55,133 --> 00:35:56,400 Five. 589 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:57,867 Six. 590 00:35:57,867 --> 00:36:00,867 There's seven. Okay, we got over eight. 591 00:36:02,266 --> 00:36:03,233 Ten. 592 00:36:03,233 --> 00:36:06,634 That's a little bit of a pile of gold. Okay. 593 00:36:06,634 --> 00:36:09,033 It's 11.5. 594 00:36:09,033 --> 00:36:10,066 I'm in a better mood. 595 00:36:10,066 --> 00:36:13,467 [narrator] 11.5 ounces is worth over 26 grand, 596 00:36:14,033 --> 00:36:15,934 bringing Kris's season total 597 00:36:15,934 --> 00:36:19,767 to 39.83 ounces, worth over... 598 00:36:21,066 --> 00:36:23,433 $93,000. 599 00:36:23,433 --> 00:36:27,867 Short of his season goal, but a strong showing in the end. 600 00:36:27,867 --> 00:36:32,066 This is what we got, and to be honest with you, that's not that bad. 601 00:36:32,066 --> 00:36:35,333 The ice mining season was a giant pain in the ass 602 00:36:35,333 --> 00:36:38,767 and frustrating, too, because we were on great gold. 603 00:36:38,767 --> 00:36:42,634 But a bunch of things kept us from reaching our full potential. 604 00:36:42,634 --> 00:36:44,767 I'm gonna have to smooth things over 605 00:36:44,767 --> 00:36:46,734 to make sure we still get our crawler done. 606 00:36:46,734 --> 00:36:49,800 If I can pull that off, I know I'll have a huge summer. 607 00:36:51,967 --> 00:36:53,200 [Shawn] Thirteen... 608 00:36:55,100 --> 00:36:56,266 Twenty. 609 00:36:56,834 --> 00:36:58,367 Twenty-three eight. 610 00:36:59,266 --> 00:37:00,500 It's beautiful. 611 00:37:01,767 --> 00:37:03,500 Man. Man. 612 00:37:04,767 --> 00:37:07,967 Oh, we gonna make 30? No. 613 00:37:08,667 --> 00:37:10,200 Not quite. 614 00:37:11,033 --> 00:37:12,767 Twenty-nine. 615 00:37:14,066 --> 00:37:15,066 [bleep] Yeah. 616 00:37:15,066 --> 00:37:19,667 [narrator] 29.2 ounces rings in at $68,000. 617 00:37:19,667 --> 00:37:21,266 Yes. 618 00:37:22,867 --> 00:37:27,967 [narrator] Bringing Mister Gold's total haul to 140.3 ounces. 619 00:37:27,967 --> 00:37:32,367 cashing out at a whopping $328,000. 620 00:37:32,367 --> 00:37:34,734 Twenty-nine, that ain't bad. 621 00:37:34,734 --> 00:37:36,233 That will get us to summer. 622 00:37:36,233 --> 00:37:38,967 -Which is right around the corner. -Yep. 623 00:37:38,967 --> 00:37:41,834 [Shawn] The season started looking like a disaster, 624 00:37:41,834 --> 00:37:44,367 but we come on huge in the end. 625 00:37:44,367 --> 00:37:46,834 Now it's time to hit it hard on the inland mine. 626 00:37:46,834 --> 00:37:50,033 And from what I saw out there, this could be life-changing. 627 00:37:50,033 --> 00:37:52,367 [man] Blood, sweat, only a few tears. 628 00:37:53,567 --> 00:37:54,233 [sighs deeply] 629 00:37:56,567 --> 00:37:58,867 Tears of joy. Tears of joy. 630 00:37:58,867 --> 00:37:59,767 [chuckling] 631 00:38:05,767 --> 00:38:09,600 [Vernon] Four. Five. 632 00:38:10,433 --> 00:38:11,300 Six. 633 00:38:12,266 --> 00:38:13,166 Seven. 634 00:38:15,266 --> 00:38:17,300 Here we go with ten. 635 00:38:24,867 --> 00:38:28,000 Eleven point four eight. 636 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:29,667 And that ain't no bull [bleep.] 637 00:38:29,667 --> 00:38:35,100 [narrator] 11.4 ounces banks the salty skipper over $26,000, 638 00:38:35,100 --> 00:38:38,767 and with royalties, brings his final season haul 639 00:38:38,767 --> 00:38:40,300 to 84 ounces. 640 00:38:42,166 --> 00:38:44,867 Worth nearly 200 grand. 641 00:38:44,867 --> 00:38:49,166 And Vernon Adkison hits his goal right at the finish line. 642 00:38:49,166 --> 00:38:51,467 [Vernon] Pretty good for the last hole. 643 00:38:51,467 --> 00:38:54,467 You know, hey, I'll take it. 644 00:38:54,467 --> 00:38:57,767 There were some tough moments, but this season was a winner. 645 00:38:57,767 --> 00:39:00,667 Fifty-six made me the royalty king of Nome, 646 00:39:00,667 --> 00:39:03,967 and Gary came through huge for us on the ice. 647 00:39:03,967 --> 00:39:06,166 I can pay out the nitrox system, 648 00:39:06,166 --> 00:39:09,066 and get that mother lode in deep water this summer. 649 00:39:09,066 --> 00:39:12,867 I've never been able to reach it, until now. I can't wait. 650 00:39:12,867 --> 00:39:15,433 Yeah. All right. 651 00:39:15,433 --> 00:39:17,400 I couldn't have done it without you, buddy. 652 00:39:20,734 --> 00:39:24,233 [Chris] Ah, let's go. Let's do it. Here we go. 653 00:39:24,233 --> 00:39:28,567 [man] One two three, five six, seven, eight, nine, ten. 654 00:39:28,567 --> 00:39:32,567 Twelve, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 22. 655 00:39:32,567 --> 00:39:35,834 [in high voice] 25... [exclaims] 32. 656 00:39:35,834 --> 00:39:37,700 Oh! 34! 657 00:39:39,433 --> 00:39:41,333 -[shrieks] -Damn. 658 00:39:41,333 --> 00:39:43,367 -[man] Let's get to 5-0. -Let's get it, papa. 659 00:39:43,367 --> 00:39:45,100 -[man clapping] -Wow. 660 00:39:46,467 --> 00:39:48,400 And the nugget, all together... 661 00:39:49,467 --> 00:39:50,367 Bam! 662 00:39:50,367 --> 00:39:52,100 Wow! 663 00:39:52,533 --> 00:39:55,934 Ounces, baby! Whoo! 664 00:39:55,934 --> 00:40:00,867 [narrator] 58 ounces nabs the young gun $136,000. 665 00:40:00,867 --> 00:40:02,867 [Chris whooping] 666 00:40:02,867 --> 00:40:05,467 [narrator] And it grows his final total 667 00:40:05,467 --> 00:40:09,100 to a monstrous 213 ounces, worth... 668 00:40:09,467 --> 00:40:10,500 Wait for it. 669 00:40:11,100 --> 00:40:13,567 A cool half a million dollars. 670 00:40:13,567 --> 00:40:15,634 Bam. 671 00:40:15,634 --> 00:40:19,667 [narrator] And Chris McCully's paid for the crawler, the upgrades, 672 00:40:19,667 --> 00:40:22,967 and is once again the winter gold count champ. 673 00:40:23,567 --> 00:40:25,367 -Cool. -Just trust the process. 674 00:40:25,367 --> 00:40:28,100 -Trust the process. -Yeah. [chuckling] 675 00:40:28,100 --> 00:40:31,166 I don't know what to say, but this season was insane. 676 00:40:31,166 --> 00:40:34,000 Over 200 ounces. Are you kidding me? 677 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:38,166 I took a big gamble, and I got what I wanted and more. 678 00:40:38,166 --> 00:40:40,066 I can't wait to kill it this summer, 679 00:40:40,066 --> 00:40:42,734 and I can't wait to keep providing for my family. 680 00:40:42,734 --> 00:40:44,367 That's all that matters to me. 681 00:40:44,367 --> 00:40:46,634 Without you and Wilson, I... 682 00:40:46,634 --> 00:40:48,367 I appreciate you guys. 683 00:40:48,367 --> 00:40:51,166 Like 100 point blank percent. 684 00:40:51,166 --> 00:40:53,233 That's how you [bleep] end the season, baby. 685 00:40:53,867 --> 00:40:56,433 Whoo! 686 00:40:56,433 --> 00:40:59,533 [narrator] Chris McCully emerges the champion. 687 00:40:59,533 --> 00:41:02,734 Mr. Gold rallies big in the final days, 688 00:41:02,734 --> 00:41:06,700 and Vernon Adkison completes the golden trifecta. 689 00:41:07,567 --> 00:41:08,767 For the miners... 690 00:41:08,767 --> 00:41:11,767 -Whoo! -[narrator.] ...the journey continues in summer. 691 00:41:11,767 --> 00:41:13,066 [Chris] I've got cheese. 692 00:41:13,066 --> 00:41:14,367 Got 'em. Bam! 693 00:41:14,367 --> 00:41:15,066 [men exclaiming] 694 00:41:18,100 --> 00:41:19,967 -[whooping] -[man laughing]