Bering Sea Gold

Narrator: NOW...

ON THE SEASON FINALE

OF "BERING SEA GOLD"...

Shawn: YOU KNOW IT'S THE END OF THE SEASON WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER.

Narrator: ...WINTER HAS COME TO NOME, ALASKA.

Shawn: IT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE RISKY BEING THE LAST DREDGE OUT HERE.

Narrator: WITH THE FIRST MAJOR ARCTIC STORM ON THE HORIZON,

MOST OF THE FLEET HAS ALREADY PACKED IT IN.

Ken: EVERYBODY'S GONE, AND WE'RE THE ONLY ONES OUT THERE DIGGING.

Narrator: FOR THE FEW THAT REMAIN,

ONLY ONE WILL BE CROWNED KING OF THE BERING SEA.

Shawn: PEOPLE COMING TO NOME WANT TO KNOCK ME OFF THE TOP.

I AM GONNA KEEP THE TITLE OF MR. GOLD.

WANT TO GIVE POMRENKE A RUN FOR HIS MONEY.

WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS SEASON WORK.

Narrator: AS MINERS DELIVER THE BIGGEST GOLD TOTALS OF THEIR LIVES...

Kris: TIME'S TICKING 'CAUSE IT GOT REALLY COLD.

WE'RE LAST MAN STANDING

BECAUSE WE'RE JUST TOO STUBBORN TO GO HOME.

Emily: BEING A LADY DREDGE OWNER,

I HAVE SOMETHING TO PROVE EVERY SEASON.

Narrator: ...THE END WILL COME FOR EVEN THE BOLDEST CAPTAINS.

WOW.

GO!

THE LAST FEW HOURS OF DREDGING!

Shawn: WE'RE READY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN!

THE SWELL IS GETTING BIG. THAT'LL SINK US.

Narrator: BUT HOW FAR ARE THEY WILLING TO GO...

Ken: HO! HO!

IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST!

DON'T DIE ON ME.

Narrator: ...FOR ONE MORE TASTE...

COME ON, BABY.

HERE WE GO.LOOKS LIKE SOME GOLD.

Ken: THERE IT IS, BOYS.

Narrator: ...OF BERING SEA GOLD.

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

IN NOME HARBOR...

HARBOR'S FROZE UP, BUT IT'S TIME TO GO MAKE SOME MONEY.

...WITH A WINTER STORM BRINGING SUBZERO TEMPERATURES

JUST A DAY AWAY...

CODY AND I ARE GONNA HEAD OUT TODAY,

GO DO SOME DIGGING.

...CAPTAIN SHAWN POMRENKE

AND CHRISTINE ROSE FOREMAN CODY MOEN...

WE'RE GONNA GO FOR ONE MORE PUSH.

...ARE LOADING UP FOR A FINAL SWING

IN THE 80-FOOT, 80-TON EXCAVATOR BARGE.

BUST A LITTLE ICE ON THE WAY OUT OF THE HARBOR.

SECURITY, SECURITY.

CHRISTINE ROSE DEPARTING NOME HARBOR.

HELP ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL STUCK IN GET OUT OF HERE.

IT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE RISKY BEING THE LAST DREDGE OUT HERE.

Narrator: IN MR. GOLD'S SIGHTS,

A WHOPPING 1,200 OUNCES.

TO GET THERE, HE'LL NEED

A RECORD-BREAKING DAY ON THE WATER.

Shawn: WHATEVER WE MAKE HERE, WE GET TO SPEND ON THE MEGA DREDGE.

Narrator: ALL SUMMER...

...DESPERATE TO FUND CONSTRUCTION

ON HIS 825-TON MEGA DREDGE...

GOT SOME NUGGETS TODAY.

...SHAWN'S BEEN GRINDING THROUGH VIRGIN GROUND

WITH THE CHRISTINE ROSE...

...FIGHTING OFF COMPETITION AT THE BLUFF...

THIS IS MY SPOT FROM THIS WINTER!

...AND BATTLING VIOLENT STORMS...

OUR BOAT'S COMING APART.

...TO EARN ENOUGH TO BUILD THE MONSTER THROUGH THE WINTER.

147 OUNCES.

PUT IT IN THE SAFE. GO MAKE SOME MORE.

NOW WINTER IS HERE.

Cody: EVERYTHING'S PRETTY FROZEN UP HERE.

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS MIGHT BE IT.

AND WITH ONLY HOURS UNTIL AN ARCTIC STORM STRIKES...

WE WERE ABLE TO DIG WAY OUT HERE A WHOLE NOTHER LINE OUT.

...SHAWN'S PLANNING ON A FINAL ASSIST FROM MOTHER NATURE

FOR ONE LAST PAYDAY ON THE CHRISTINE ROSE.

THIS YEAR, WE HAD NORTH WINDS FOR WEEKS,

WHICH ALLOWED US TO GET INTO GROUND

THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO TOUCH BEFORE,

SO WE COULD GET INTO AN AREA AND PULL 200, 300 MORE OUNCES.

Narrator: A PERPETUAL LOW TIDE CAUSED BY THE NORTH WIND

OPENED UP A 600-YARD SWATH OF PREVIOUSLY UNREACHABLE GROUND

THAT SHAWN'S CREW HAS BEEN MINING ALL SEASON.

WE'RE HERE AT THE SPOT.

MR. GOLD IS TARGETING A FRESH PATCH OF OCEAN BOTTOM

12 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE...

THIS IS OUR LAST CHANCE TO GET AS MUCH GOLD AS POSSIBLE.

...HOPING TO DOUBLE HIS GOLD COUNT...

NOW WE'RE GOING.

Narrator: ...WITH ONE HUGE HAUL.

GETTING MY FIRST SCOOP.

TIME TO MAKE SOME MONEY.

PUT SOME GOLD IN THE BOX.

WHOO.

Shawn: ONCE I GET THE MEGA DREDGE UP AND RUNNING,

IT'LL DEFINITELY LEVEL OUT THE PLAYING FIELD WITH KEN.

I HAVE ABOUT 80% OF EVERYTHING I NEED

TO BUILD THE DREDGE.

THE ONLY THINGS I NEED TO DO

IS FINISH THE CUTTER HEAD AND GET THE WINCHES,

SLUICE BOX MATERIAL, HYDRAULIC LINES, WATER LINES,

AND, I MEAN, LABOR IS GOING TO BE A HUGE EXPENSE.

NOW I'M DEPENDING ON THE CHRISTINE ROSE

TO CARRY US THROUGH.

AND THE MEGA DREDGE HAS TO GET...

WE JUST GOT TO PRAY THAT WE CAN

FILL THE SLUICE BOX UP WITH GOLD ONE MORE TIME.

Narrator: JUST 8 MILES EAST...

WOW. BIG OLD SWELLS.

ALL THE DREDGERS -- EVERYBODY'S GOING IN

'CAUSE IT'S GETTING ROUGH.

...AS THE LAST OF THE SMALLER DREDGES TUCK TAIL

AND RUN FOR THE HARBOR...

WE'RE PUSHING THE LIMITS COMING OUT IN THIS.

...CAPTAIN KEN KERR AND THE 600-TON MYRTLE IRENE

MATCH SHAWN SCOOP FOR SCOOP,

AND THEN SOME.

Ken: THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS RIG HERE IS BASICALLY JUST SIZE.

IT'S JUST A LARGER CHRISTINE ROSE.

WE CAN MOVE PROBABLY THREE TIMES THE MATERIAL.

Ken: EVERYBODY'S GONE

I MEAN, WE'RE THE ONLY ONES OUT THERE DIGGING.

COMPARED TO, LIKE, A DREDGER,

A LOT OF THOSE GUYS CAN'T DREDGE 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T SEE,

SO THEY CAN'T -- YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO VISIBILITY.

WELL, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE VISIBILITY.

WHOO!

Narrator: KEN SET AN AMBITIOUS 2,000 OUNCE GOLD

FOR THE MYRTLE'SFIRST FULL SEASON ON THE WATER.

MAN, I LOVE THE SOUND OF THAT GRAVEL

GOING THROUGH THAT SHAKER.

AND DESPITE A SUMMER DOGGED BY MECHANICAL BREAKDOWNS...

NO, IT'S FULLY DEAD.

...HIS BERING SEA BEAST...

EVERYTHING'S RUNNING PRETTY GOOD RIGHT AT THE MOMENT,

SO WE'LL JUST KEEP DIGGING AND FINISH UP THE SEASON STRONG.

WHOO-LY COW.

...IS PROVING ITS WORTH.

THERE YOU GO. NEW MR. GOLD IN TOWN.

I WANT TO GIVE POMRENKE A RUN FOR HIS MONEY.

IF WE CAN'T GIVE HIM ANY COMPETITION WITH THIS RIG, NOBODY CAN.

SHAWN...

THEY GOT A BIG BARGE NOW.

THEY'RE GONNA BUILD A BIGGER RIG.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S ACTUALLY BUILDING, BUT HE'S...

I THINK HE'S GONNA DO A CUTTER HEAD

OR SOME KIND OF DIFFERENT SETUP.

SO, EVERYBODY'S ALWAYS TRYING TO REINVENT THE WHEEL UP HERE,

DO SOMETHING BIGGER, BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE...

...WHICH IS COOL.

THAT'S WHAT KEEPS IT INTERESTING UP HERE.

THERE'S MY PARTNER CALLING.

DAVE YOUNG, WHAT'S GOING ON?

I'M OUT HERE DIGGING. THAT'S WHAT'S UP.

I'M OUT HERE MAKING YOU MONEY AGAIN.

WE'RE IN SOME GOOD-LOOKING STUFF RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS SEASON WORK.

OH, YEAH, I'M PUSHING IT, ALRIGHT.

WE'RE GONNA GET HER.

I CAN'T HARDLY HEAR YOU.

YEAH, YOU'RE BREAKING UP.

WE GOT TO GET SOME GOLD, BUDDY.

Ken: IT STARTS GETTING ROUGH AND BANGING AROUND,

WE PRETTY MUCH KNOW WHAT THE MYRTLECAN HANDLE,

SO...WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO PUSH THE LIMIT

TO PERFORM AND GET OUR GOLD COUNT.

WE GOT TO DIG.

AIN'T TOO ROUGH YET.

Narrator: COMING UP...

IT'LL BE GREAT TO END THE SEASON MAKING MONEY.

THIS IS MAKE OR BREAK HERE, YOU KNOW.

OH, HERE WE GO!

THAT LOOKS SUPER SEXY RIGHT NOW.

HE'S TRYING TO BRING SEXY BACK.

Narrator: 80 MILES EAST OF NOME

AT THE BLUFF,

A SEASON-ENDING STORM HAS TURNED THE ONCE-CROWDED GROUNDS

INTO A GHOST TOWN.

Kris: THIS IS THE HAIL MARY PASS.

Narrator: BUT APPARENTLY, SOMEONE DIDN'T GET THE MEMO.

WE GOT TO MAKE THIS WORK TODAY.

Narrator: AT THE RISK OF BEING STRANDED IN THE BLIZZARD...

WE'RE READY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN!

...CAPTAIN KRIS KELLY AND HIS DAD, BRAD,

ARE THE LAST MINERS STANDING AT THE BLUFF.

MADE IT.

HA-HA, NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US TODAY.

Kris: EVERYTHING'S FREEZING UP.

WINTER CONDITIONS ARE COMING.

WE'RE GONNA DO ONE FINAL PUSH,

AND WE'RE GONNA GET ONE GOOD GOLD CLEANUP

FOR THE END OF THE SEASON.

I'M ALWAYS PUSHING MYSELF

'CAUSE I HAVE THIS NUMBER IN MY HEAD,

AND IF I DON'T HIT THIS NUMBER, I'M FAILING.

Narrator: KRIS IS ON A QUEST TO ELEVATE HIS FAMILY

FROM SUBSISTENCE MINERS

TO NOME GOLD KINGPINS.