1 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:06,533 [Mike over radio] Good morning, fleet. 2 00:00:08,100 --> 00:00:11,667 As you know, ice mining is never easy. 3 00:00:11,667 --> 00:00:15,600 And now, your new missions, if you choose to accept them, 4 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:17,166 will push you to the brink. 5 00:00:17,867 --> 00:00:19,200 Testing out new equipment. 6 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:20,000 Oh! 7 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:21,066 And here it is, 8 00:00:21,066 --> 00:00:24,000 your first glimpse of what I'm trying to explain. 9 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:25,700 [Mike over radio] Breaking in rookie divers. 10 00:00:25,700 --> 00:00:27,467 I'm pretty nervous 'cause he doesn't know how to swim. 11 00:00:27,467 --> 00:00:28,467 [Jeff] You got this, dude. 12 00:00:30,100 --> 00:00:32,433 [Mike over radio] And battling record thick ice. 13 00:00:33,967 --> 00:00:36,266 [Eddie] Some of these chunks are moving. 14 00:00:36,266 --> 00:00:38,200 [Mike over radio] Will you ultimately succeed? 15 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:40,166 This is gonna be the game-changer for us, 16 00:00:40,166 --> 00:00:42,300 our million dollars in mining. 17 00:00:42,300 --> 00:00:44,533 [Mike over radio] Or will you find these assignments... 18 00:00:44,700 --> 00:00:45,600 All right. 19 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:47,266 [Eddie struggling] 20 00:00:47,266 --> 00:00:48,166 [Mike over radio] ...impossible? 21 00:00:48,166 --> 00:00:49,100 Pull him up. 22 00:00:49,100 --> 00:00:50,266 [Mike over radio] By the way... 23 00:00:50,266 --> 00:00:51,200 Eddie! 24 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,166 ...this episode will self-destruct. 25 00:01:07,500 --> 00:01:10,266 [Kris] Today's the big day I've been waiting for. 26 00:01:10,266 --> 00:01:12,700 Finally, my crawler gets in. 27 00:01:12,700 --> 00:01:14,600 Honestly, it's better late than never. 28 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:15,767 Yeah, at least it's got here. 29 00:01:15,767 --> 00:01:16,867 About [bleep] time. 30 00:01:16,867 --> 00:01:19,300 [Mike] After a brutal summer campaign... 31 00:01:19,300 --> 00:01:20,266 It's gonna be amazing, 32 00:01:20,266 --> 00:01:21,200 everything's gonna work, 33 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:22,734 everything's gonna be great. 34 00:01:25,700 --> 00:01:28,266 [Mike] The special delivery could be the game changer 35 00:01:28,266 --> 00:01:29,200 for Kris Kelly. 36 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:30,300 [bleeping] 37 00:01:30,300 --> 00:01:32,533 Man, I hope this works about as much as I want it to. 38 00:01:32,967 --> 00:01:34,066 That would be nice. 39 00:01:34,500 --> 00:01:35,600 I'm not gonna lie. 40 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:37,867 This winter has sucked so far. 41 00:01:37,867 --> 00:01:39,867 I'm looking to get 50 ounces right now 42 00:01:39,867 --> 00:01:41,934 to make up for last year's [bleep]-show. 43 00:01:42,500 --> 00:01:43,834 So far, we got nothing. 44 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:46,700 But now, that's all gonna change. 45 00:01:46,700 --> 00:01:50,000 Here we go, baby! This is it. 46 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,000 This is gonna be the game-changer for us, 47 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,100 this is gonna make us our million dollars in mining. 48 00:01:55,100 --> 00:01:57,400 We just gotta make this work. 49 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,700 It's time to unleash my master plan for success. 50 00:02:00,700 --> 00:02:03,166 The gold trawl is finally here. 51 00:02:03,166 --> 00:02:05,600 This thing is gonna drive across the ocean floor 52 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:06,700 and suck up gold. 53 00:02:06,700 --> 00:02:09,066 Moving, like, five times more efficiently 54 00:02:09,066 --> 00:02:10,300 than a human ever could. 55 00:02:10,300 --> 00:02:12,000 And it never gets tired. 56 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:13,000 Now that it's here, 57 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,667 it's time to get this top secret weapon ready. 58 00:02:16,667 --> 00:02:18,300 Okay, we got that taken care of. 59 00:02:18,300 --> 00:02:19,467 He's gonna bring the forklift 60 00:02:19,467 --> 00:02:21,066 and just drop it off for me. 61 00:02:21,066 --> 00:02:22,200 I am very excited 62 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,467 and I'm very worried at the same time. 63 00:02:24,467 --> 00:02:27,166 This is gonna revolutionize mining as we know it! 64 00:02:28,700 --> 00:02:29,867 Oh, here it comes! 65 00:02:29,867 --> 00:02:30,867 I gotta go! 66 00:02:30,867 --> 00:02:34,300 [Mission: Impossible music playing] 67 00:02:34,300 --> 00:02:40,066 [vocalizing] Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do... 68 00:02:40,066 --> 00:02:41,834 [Kris continues vocalizing] 69 00:02:56,300 --> 00:02:58,367 [song climaxes and ends] 70 00:02:58,367 --> 00:03:01,266 Thank you very much, guys! Thank you very much! 71 00:03:01,266 --> 00:03:02,767 There it is, baby! 72 00:03:03,700 --> 00:03:05,033 -It's really here. -[heavenly music] 73 00:03:05,567 --> 00:03:07,300 This [bleep] is, um... 74 00:03:07,300 --> 00:03:08,600 -Really put together? -[record scratch, music ends] 75 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:10,767 It's really put together, dude. 76 00:03:10,767 --> 00:03:13,200 We need a screw gun and we need a ratchet. 77 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,567 Man, all my tools are at the [bleep]. 78 00:03:17,100 --> 00:03:18,600 If we had a crowbar... 79 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:19,567 -You know? -If we had a crowbar... 80 00:03:19,567 --> 00:03:20,600 Take all this apart. 81 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:21,867 If we had a crowbar right now. 82 00:03:21,867 --> 00:03:23,166 Okay, let's just go get this [bleep]. 83 00:03:23,166 --> 00:03:24,567 Let's go. 84 00:03:27,166 --> 00:03:28,567 Let's do it! 85 00:03:34,667 --> 00:03:35,700 And here it is. 86 00:03:35,700 --> 00:03:36,700 -[triumphant music playing] -Your first glimpse 87 00:03:36,700 --> 00:03:38,667 of what I'm trying to explain. 88 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:40,567 [sensual music playing] 89 00:03:41,967 --> 00:03:42,867 Pretty amazing. 90 00:03:42,867 --> 00:03:44,667 Oh! That's actually... 91 00:03:45,166 --> 00:03:46,166 pretty nice. 92 00:03:46,166 --> 00:03:48,066 Let's [bleep] get this thing out of here. 93 00:03:52,300 --> 00:03:54,867 A little bit of assembly required. 94 00:03:54,867 --> 00:03:57,600 It's gonna be a little more of a process 95 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:58,567 than I thought. 96 00:03:58,567 --> 00:03:59,400 [drilling] 97 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:00,834 It's gonna be a pain in the ass. 98 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,734 This is where you do a time-lapse. 99 00:04:07,867 --> 00:04:09,200 What I'm trying to do, 100 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,266 I'm trying to take this red thing 101 00:04:11,266 --> 00:04:13,367 out of this black thing. 102 00:04:13,367 --> 00:04:14,767 Okay? And it's impossible 103 00:04:14,767 --> 00:04:18,200 because it's really, really, really [bleep] heavy, dude. 104 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:19,367 It's a puzzle. 105 00:04:23,066 --> 00:04:24,333 Watch out, Andy. 106 00:04:26,266 --> 00:04:27,934 Do not go, everybody. 107 00:04:32,367 --> 00:04:33,433 Okay, hold on. 108 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:36,367 -It's perfect! -Now, what? 109 00:04:36,367 --> 00:04:38,300 [Kris] So, good news and bad news. 110 00:04:38,300 --> 00:04:40,266 The good news, the crawler's here 111 00:04:40,266 --> 00:04:42,767 and Reaper Nation is absolutely gonna dominate. 112 00:04:42,767 --> 00:04:43,767 The bad news? 113 00:04:43,767 --> 00:04:45,200 Getting everything unpacked, 114 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:46,500 getting the crawler set up, 115 00:04:46,500 --> 00:04:48,000 that's gonna take a few minutes. 116 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:49,000 Or more. 117 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:49,767 Hey, hold on. 118 00:04:49,767 --> 00:04:51,500 Hey, we're bringing it cock-eyed. 119 00:04:51,500 --> 00:04:52,834 Let's straighten it back out. 120 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:55,000 Maybe a lot more. 121 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:56,533 Ready? One, two, three. 122 00:04:58,667 --> 00:05:00,100 -Okay, stop. -Oh, yeah! 123 00:05:00,100 --> 00:05:01,266 That's gonna be a cinch. 124 00:05:01,266 --> 00:05:03,100 We got the crawler unpacked. 125 00:05:03,100 --> 00:05:04,467 We got the cage off. 126 00:05:04,467 --> 00:05:07,066 We exposed the gold trawl, 127 00:05:07,066 --> 00:05:08,533 and everything's moving great. 128 00:05:08,867 --> 00:05:10,066 So far, so good. 129 00:05:10,066 --> 00:05:11,266 [bleep] Damn! 130 00:05:11,266 --> 00:05:13,834 Look how big this [bleep] thing is, huh? 131 00:05:14,967 --> 00:05:17,934 [Mike] While Kris readies his secret weapon... 132 00:05:26,266 --> 00:05:29,266 Heck, yeah! Beautiful day out. 133 00:05:29,266 --> 00:05:30,667 [Mike] ...Mr. Gold's arsenal 134 00:05:30,667 --> 00:05:33,233 is already deployed for his latest mission. 135 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,000 I took a gamble coming to the East Tract, 136 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,467 but it's been paying off nice. 137 00:05:49,467 --> 00:05:51,100 I'm on a great pay street 138 00:05:51,100 --> 00:05:53,867 that I'm hoping we get to ride out all winter. 139 00:05:53,867 --> 00:05:56,133 But I'm gonna gamble a little bit more. 140 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,500 We gotta move to follow this pay street, 141 00:06:04,500 --> 00:06:08,100 and it's moving us into some of the thickest ice I've seen in years. 142 00:06:08,100 --> 00:06:09,600 With the old ways of drilling holes, 143 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,166 there'd be no chance in hell of getting through this. 144 00:06:12,166 --> 00:06:13,967 Hopefully, with this mini excavator, 145 00:06:13,967 --> 00:06:15,166 we have a chance. 146 00:06:15,700 --> 00:06:16,934 Whoo! 147 00:06:29,767 --> 00:06:30,834 Yeah. 148 00:06:56,166 --> 00:06:57,300 Ice this thick 149 00:06:57,300 --> 00:06:59,500 presents all sorts of challenges. 150 00:06:59,500 --> 00:07:00,867 It's hard to see the dive hole 151 00:07:00,867 --> 00:07:03,300 because the ice is so thick all round it. 152 00:07:03,300 --> 00:07:06,200 There's jagged chunks of ice that could snag you, 153 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,367 there's sheet ice moving at the bottom 154 00:07:08,367 --> 00:07:10,266 that could come off and block the hole 155 00:07:10,266 --> 00:07:12,066 and prevent you from getting back out. 156 00:07:12,066 --> 00:07:14,600 We're definitely rolling some dice here. 157 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,266 With other guys like Chris McCully doing well out here, 158 00:07:17,266 --> 00:07:19,233 I really gotta push to stay ahead. 159 00:07:35,367 --> 00:07:37,433 All right, some big chunks down here... 160 00:07:38,867 --> 00:07:40,166 God, it's sketchy. 161 00:07:47,700 --> 00:07:48,934 I made it to the bottom. 162 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:52,767 What do you think of that ice up top? 163 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:54,734 Wow. 164 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,533 Some of these chunks are... 165 00:07:58,467 --> 00:08:02,600 I feel like they're only 10 feet away from me. 166 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,734 It's not the most ideal situation to be in. 167 00:08:08,066 --> 00:08:11,567 A lot of people would see that ice and turn around and run. 168 00:08:12,500 --> 00:08:14,634 But I best, uh... 169 00:08:15,867 --> 00:08:17,934 best try not to think about it. 170 00:08:18,767 --> 00:08:21,133 Yep, just gotta keep your eyes on the gold. 171 00:08:24,500 --> 00:08:26,533 I've had that happen before. 172 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:05,300 Looks like there's some fresh ground 173 00:09:05,300 --> 00:09:07,166 out in front of us here, Joel. 174 00:09:08,300 --> 00:09:10,367 Looks pretty promising out there, eh? 175 00:09:10,367 --> 00:09:11,667 [Shawn over radio] Yeah. 176 00:09:12,500 --> 00:09:14,867 I see all these big rocks over here, 177 00:09:14,867 --> 00:09:16,567 I wanna get into them. 178 00:09:17,467 --> 00:09:19,333 See what the hell's underneath them. 179 00:09:20,266 --> 00:09:22,533 Quite a few big rocks down here. 180 00:09:23,700 --> 00:09:26,266 Man, they're packed in here pretty good, too. 181 00:09:28,166 --> 00:09:30,867 All those big, round rocks resist movement 182 00:09:30,867 --> 00:09:32,500 like to hold the gold. 183 00:09:32,500 --> 00:09:34,133 [Shawn over radio] Yeah, they do. 184 00:09:47,500 --> 00:09:48,934 [Shawn speaking] 185 00:09:57,867 --> 00:09:59,600 [bleep], yeah. 186 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:00,834 [Shawn over radio] 187 00:10:11,834 --> 00:10:13,166 [Mike] Attention, miners. 188 00:10:13,166 --> 00:10:16,100 Each of you will be getting your own assignment. 189 00:10:16,100 --> 00:10:17,734 If you fail to deliver, 190 00:10:17,734 --> 00:10:20,333 you will be left out in the cold. 191 00:10:29,867 --> 00:10:31,333 [Zeke speaking] 192 00:10:36,567 --> 00:10:39,567 [Mike] Zeke Tenhoff's got his plan for the today. 193 00:10:39,567 --> 00:10:41,634 And he can't afford any cracks... 194 00:10:41,967 --> 00:10:42,934 or leaks. 195 00:10:43,734 --> 00:10:44,834 I'm super stoked. 196 00:10:45,967 --> 00:10:47,133 Just melting the hole, you know. 197 00:10:51,567 --> 00:10:54,367 We know that there's a goal on this hole that we're on now. 198 00:10:54,367 --> 00:10:57,567 It's possible that this hole is pretty close to being done, 199 00:10:57,567 --> 00:11:00,100 so I wanna try to finish it out this dive. 200 00:11:00,100 --> 00:11:03,834 It's taking time to get this new operation and this new crew on its feet. 201 00:11:03,834 --> 00:11:06,367 So I'm gonna be extra careful about every move that I make. 202 00:11:06,367 --> 00:11:08,734 My intuition tells me that the gold's gonna be 203 00:11:08,734 --> 00:11:11,467 quite a bit better as we move down this pressure ridge. 204 00:11:11,467 --> 00:11:13,166 But I don't wanna move until we've gotten 205 00:11:13,166 --> 00:11:14,166 every last flake 206 00:11:14,166 --> 00:11:15,767 from this hole that we're on now. 207 00:11:15,767 --> 00:11:17,467 That's why I'm gonna do it myself. 208 00:11:17,467 --> 00:11:19,000 It's gotta be done really efficiently, 209 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:20,567 and I'm not sure if the rest of the team 210 00:11:20,567 --> 00:11:21,634 is quite at that level yet. 211 00:11:36,834 --> 00:11:38,667 Hey, how's the vis down there, Zeke? 212 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,667 [Zeke] Yeah, it's really murky right here. 213 00:11:43,367 --> 00:11:44,900 [Zeke over radio] 214 00:11:46,367 --> 00:11:49,166 I just gotta scout it out and see where it looks best. 215 00:11:50,367 --> 00:11:52,000 There's a lot of patches of frozen gravel 216 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,000 that are kinda difficult, but... 217 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:57,000 This is the stuff I like, this gravel. 218 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,233 Are you seeing any greasy little flakes? 219 00:12:02,100 --> 00:12:04,467 [Zeke] I've seen some gold here and there. 220 00:12:04,467 --> 00:12:06,634 Yeah. Right there, right there... 221 00:12:07,367 --> 00:12:09,166 Yeah, there's gold in here. 222 00:12:09,734 --> 00:12:10,667 [crewmember] Nice. 223 00:12:11,567 --> 00:12:12,900 [Zeke speaking] 224 00:12:16,867 --> 00:12:19,166 The sheer volume that Zeke can move 225 00:12:20,066 --> 00:12:22,000 it's intense, like... 226 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,600 Nate and I are just novices comparatively, 227 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:26,767 and Zeke is like a powerhouse. 228 00:12:26,767 --> 00:12:30,867 I mean, he could probably do an entire hole by himself in two days. 229 00:12:30,867 --> 00:12:33,100 So, I'm really stoked to get on the new hole. 230 00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:35,834 I mean, we're starting to get frozen in here a bit. 231 00:12:35,834 --> 00:12:38,333 [Zeke] I know there's a lot more gold down here. 232 00:12:40,100 --> 00:12:41,800 I wanna put in some hours. 233 00:12:43,166 --> 00:12:44,734 [Zeke over radio] 234 00:12:45,300 --> 00:12:46,667 [crewmember] Awesome, man. 235 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:48,800 [Zeke over radio] 236 00:12:51,166 --> 00:12:52,233 [Mike] Across the ice... 237 00:12:58,467 --> 00:12:59,634 [Eddie] Everything's working. 238 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:03,266 Yeah. 239 00:13:03,266 --> 00:13:06,367 [Mike] ...captain in training Jane Kilcher's on a mission... 240 00:13:06,367 --> 00:13:07,533 All the way down, Eddie! 241 00:13:09,967 --> 00:13:10,867 Yeah. 242 00:13:10,867 --> 00:13:12,467 [Mike] ...to bring one of her crew members 243 00:13:12,467 --> 00:13:14,266 up through the ranks. 244 00:13:14,266 --> 00:13:18,100 'Excited' is not the word I'm thinking of. 245 00:13:18,100 --> 00:13:19,867 [Jane] It's my job to run this operation, 246 00:13:19,867 --> 00:13:21,634 because that's what Emily asked me to do. 247 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,467 So far, no go. 248 00:13:24,467 --> 00:13:26,166 So I'm sticking my neck out a bit. 249 00:13:26,166 --> 00:13:27,834 I'm gonna have Eddie join the dive team, 250 00:13:27,834 --> 00:13:30,300 so hopefully we can have more hours on the box 251 00:13:30,300 --> 00:13:31,266 moving forward. 252 00:13:31,266 --> 00:13:33,000 Eddie has some diving experience. 253 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,834 But when it comes to diving into the ice, 254 00:13:35,834 --> 00:13:37,100 he has about as much as me, 255 00:13:37,100 --> 00:13:38,734 which is zero. 256 00:13:38,734 --> 00:13:40,667 It'll be cool finally to... 257 00:13:41,567 --> 00:13:44,100 to get down and get some more dive time for us 258 00:13:44,100 --> 00:13:46,166 and put more gold in the box. 259 00:13:46,166 --> 00:13:47,166 I mean, I feel bad 260 00:13:47,166 --> 00:13:49,467 'cause I've been making Jeff do all the work. 261 00:13:49,467 --> 00:13:50,467 But now it's just, 262 00:13:50,467 --> 00:13:51,767 get down there already. 263 00:13:51,767 --> 00:13:52,934 It's gonna be fun. 264 00:13:53,834 --> 00:13:56,100 Basically, it's a big day. 265 00:13:56,100 --> 00:13:58,166 I'm pretty nervous 'cause he doesn't know how to swim. 266 00:13:58,166 --> 00:14:01,367 And we haven't really had, like, a dive go without a hitch. 267 00:14:01,367 --> 00:14:03,600 Like, there's always been a little something. 268 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,166 I'm sure he's nervous, but he's acting all tough. 269 00:14:06,166 --> 00:14:07,166 We're just gonna do our best. 270 00:14:07,166 --> 00:14:08,166 Hopefully get a good dive. 271 00:14:08,166 --> 00:14:09,600 And hopefully he feels comfortable under there 272 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:11,967 so we have two divers instead of one. 273 00:14:11,967 --> 00:14:13,834 We just gotta get him in the water. 274 00:14:13,834 --> 00:14:14,800 [Eddie] Here we are. 275 00:14:15,300 --> 00:14:16,166 First dive, so... 276 00:14:16,166 --> 00:14:18,500 It's time to get it. 277 00:14:18,500 --> 00:14:19,867 -Keep your hose steady... -[laughing] 278 00:14:19,867 --> 00:14:22,467 Slow, hang out on the chain, you know... 279 00:14:22,467 --> 00:14:24,834 Since Jeff is such an experienced diver, 280 00:14:24,834 --> 00:14:27,066 I wanna have him take the lead with Eddie. 281 00:14:27,066 --> 00:14:29,767 Talk to him, prep him, get him ready. 282 00:14:29,767 --> 00:14:32,567 Because if it were me, I would be like... 283 00:14:32,567 --> 00:14:33,667 "Why are you diving under the ice? 284 00:14:33,667 --> 00:14:35,767 Are you insane? Do you have a death wish?" 285 00:14:35,767 --> 00:14:38,367 And that would be very, very counterproductive. 286 00:14:38,367 --> 00:14:41,166 I'll drop down in and see how I feel. 287 00:14:41,166 --> 00:14:42,867 We got all day, we got all night. 288 00:14:42,867 --> 00:14:45,900 Take it slow and steady, and we'll go from there, bud. 289 00:14:46,266 --> 00:14:47,233 Okay. 290 00:14:52,166 --> 00:14:54,166 -Whoo! -[laughing] Come on! 291 00:14:54,467 --> 00:14:56,066 I'm ready! 292 00:14:56,066 --> 00:14:57,333 [Jeff laughing] You're here. 293 00:14:59,100 --> 00:15:00,800 [Jane speaking] 294 00:15:01,834 --> 00:15:02,834 I don't know. 295 00:15:02,834 --> 00:15:04,266 Maybe do just a couple hours 296 00:15:04,266 --> 00:15:05,834 and then come up, grab a bite, 297 00:15:06,767 --> 00:15:07,934 see how I feel. 298 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:12,467 Oh... well... 299 00:15:13,734 --> 00:15:15,900 -Oh! Right. -[all laughing] 300 00:15:25,567 --> 00:15:27,734 [Jeff] How's the air feeling? Pretty good? 301 00:15:29,166 --> 00:15:30,233 [Jeff] Okay, copy. 302 00:15:31,066 --> 00:15:32,233 Step, step. 303 00:15:36,467 --> 00:15:37,667 [Jane] Oh, my goodness. 304 00:15:38,100 --> 00:15:39,367 Oh, yeah. 305 00:15:39,767 --> 00:15:41,166 [grunting] 306 00:15:41,166 --> 00:15:42,834 [Jeff] All right, go ahead, Eddie. 307 00:15:42,834 --> 00:15:44,300 Nice and slow, bud. 308 00:15:44,300 --> 00:15:45,333 You got this, dude. 309 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:55,066 [Jeff over radio] Grab the chain. 310 00:15:55,066 --> 00:15:56,567 [Eddie speaking] 311 00:15:56,567 --> 00:15:58,667 [Jeff over radio] Remember, go down about six, seven, eight feet. 312 00:16:01,767 --> 00:16:03,333 Don't go any farther. 313 00:16:04,734 --> 00:16:05,967 You good? 314 00:16:05,967 --> 00:16:07,433 [Eddie over radio] 315 00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:12,033 [Jeff over radio] Take your time, man. Don't rush. 316 00:16:19,567 --> 00:16:21,133 [Eddie] Going down a little further. 317 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:23,734 [Jeff over radio] Copy. How's it going? 318 00:16:24,467 --> 00:16:26,000 [Eddie] It's okay, it's... 319 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:27,300 I feel a lot of pressure, man. 320 00:16:27,300 --> 00:16:28,233 [bleep] 321 00:16:33,066 --> 00:16:34,734 Just working my head back and forth, 322 00:16:34,734 --> 00:16:36,634 just testing if I can... 323 00:16:39,567 --> 00:16:41,133 ...all this damn pressure, man. 324 00:16:43,834 --> 00:16:45,467 Yeah? Then just come back up a little bit. 325 00:16:46,667 --> 00:16:48,100 [Eddie speaking] 326 00:16:48,100 --> 00:16:49,066 [grunts with effort] 327 00:17:13,867 --> 00:17:15,567 Atta boy! 328 00:17:16,734 --> 00:17:18,000 Going to work, jefe! 329 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:18,934 [Jeff over radio] Yay! 330 00:17:21,567 --> 00:17:22,867 You're okay? 331 00:17:22,867 --> 00:17:24,066 He's on the nozzle. 332 00:17:26,467 --> 00:17:28,033 [Jeff over radio] You see the big tailing pile? 333 00:17:29,166 --> 00:17:30,166 [Eddie] What's that? 334 00:17:30,166 --> 00:17:31,567 [Jeff over radio] You see the tailing pile? 335 00:17:32,834 --> 00:17:33,834 [Eddie speaking] 336 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,433 Your water's 122, your air's at 115. 337 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:46,934 [Eddie] Okay. 338 00:17:49,266 --> 00:17:50,233 Hang on. 339 00:17:52,266 --> 00:17:53,433 We're getting gold, boys. 340 00:17:54,567 --> 00:17:56,433 [Jeff over radio] Atta boy! 341 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,934 [Eddie] All right, that was a pretty good, tidy little nugget. 342 00:18:06,266 --> 00:18:07,433 [Eddie inhaling over radio] 343 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,433 I feel like this mask is climbing off my face. 344 00:18:12,567 --> 00:18:13,667 What'd you say, bud? 345 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,934 Man, I think this mask is slipping off of my face. 346 00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:20,934 [Jeff] You okay? 347 00:18:23,734 --> 00:18:24,667 Oh, [bleep]. 348 00:18:25,066 --> 00:18:26,367 Oh. 349 00:18:26,367 --> 00:18:27,867 [Eddie over radio] Is this supposed... 350 00:18:27,867 --> 00:18:28,834 [Jeff] Eddie! 351 00:18:29,166 --> 00:18:30,233 Pull him up. 352 00:18:38,567 --> 00:18:39,934 [wind rushing] 353 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:46,133 [Eddie] Oh, [bleep]. 354 00:18:46,467 --> 00:18:47,767 [groans] 355 00:18:47,767 --> 00:18:48,734 [Eddie over radio] Is this supposed... 356 00:18:49,266 --> 00:18:50,133 [Jeff] Eddie! 357 00:18:50,667 --> 00:18:51,567 Pull him up. 358 00:18:58,667 --> 00:19:00,066 Eddie! 359 00:19:00,066 --> 00:19:01,033 [Jane] Oh, my gosh. 360 00:19:02,867 --> 00:19:04,033 [Jeff]You okay? 361 00:19:07,767 --> 00:19:09,133 Hold on, just give him a sec. 362 00:19:10,767 --> 00:19:12,300 [Eddie] It's a lot of pressure. 363 00:19:12,300 --> 00:19:13,767 You just couldn't equalize? 364 00:19:13,767 --> 00:19:15,033 I mean, I got there. 365 00:19:15,667 --> 00:19:16,867 That was close. 366 00:19:16,867 --> 00:19:18,667 And it's definitely not something I'm used to. 367 00:19:18,667 --> 00:19:21,400 Having Eddie have, like, an emergency situation, 368 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:22,767 that's pretty scary. 369 00:19:22,767 --> 00:19:24,300 Luckily, nothing bad happened. 370 00:19:24,300 --> 00:19:26,300 It could have been a lot worse. 371 00:19:26,300 --> 00:19:27,266 I'm telling you! 372 00:19:27,266 --> 00:19:29,567 It goes from here... to here pretty quick. 373 00:19:29,567 --> 00:19:30,400 That's, it was... 374 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:32,266 And I kept trying to adjust the top 375 00:19:32,266 --> 00:19:33,500 and it wouldn't-- 376 00:19:33,500 --> 00:19:34,667 'Cause what you're doing, if you're pulling the top too tight, 377 00:19:34,667 --> 00:19:36,066 -then it's pulling it forward. -I know, I know. 378 00:19:36,066 --> 00:19:36,867 So... 379 00:19:36,867 --> 00:19:37,834 [Jane speaking] 380 00:19:38,967 --> 00:19:40,767 Yeah, you gotta have a different mask. 381 00:19:40,767 --> 00:19:41,734 Obviously. 382 00:19:48,767 --> 00:19:50,233 -[Jeff] Isn't it? -Holy [bleep]. 383 00:19:54,500 --> 00:19:55,333 I could see it. 384 00:19:56,066 --> 00:19:57,166 It was working, I don't... 385 00:19:57,166 --> 00:19:58,300 And I mean, I got to the bottom, 386 00:19:58,300 --> 00:19:59,500 I'm like, "Okay, cool." 387 00:19:59,500 --> 00:20:01,166 And then I, like, I stood up, 388 00:20:01,166 --> 00:20:02,133 I'm like, "Uh-oh." 389 00:20:02,667 --> 00:20:03,567 Uh-oh! 390 00:20:03,567 --> 00:20:05,467 The mask don't fit, the mask don't fit. 391 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,166 One size fits all, my ass. 392 00:20:13,166 --> 00:20:13,967 What! 393 00:20:13,967 --> 00:20:15,767 -[laughs mischievously] -Yeah! 394 00:20:15,767 --> 00:20:16,600 [Jeff] Safety first. 395 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:18,266 A lot of bad things could happen 396 00:20:18,266 --> 00:20:20,667 if the mask, you know, slid off his face, 397 00:20:20,667 --> 00:20:22,166 you know, or anything like that. 398 00:20:22,166 --> 00:20:24,133 And it definitely puts you in a... 399 00:20:24,133 --> 00:20:26,300 pretty panicked situation, so... 400 00:20:26,300 --> 00:20:28,634 We just need to find some different gear for Eddie. 401 00:20:29,066 --> 00:20:30,967 And... 402 00:20:30,967 --> 00:20:35,200 Bottom line: being in charge of an ice-mining operation is no joke. 403 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:38,867 I'm honestly not sure of how I'm doing at this point. 404 00:20:38,867 --> 00:20:42,066 We have no gold, and there's been major issues with both dives. 405 00:20:42,066 --> 00:20:45,667 It needs to get better and fast. 406 00:20:45,667 --> 00:20:50,600 The whole time, I just felt like I was fighting my mask to keep it on my face. 407 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:54,667 It was just... It was slipping right off, and it was kind of freaking me out. 408 00:20:54,667 --> 00:20:58,867 I gotta find a mask that'll fit this handsome face, you know? 409 00:20:58,867 --> 00:21:01,867 Oh, God. I was not happy today at all. 410 00:21:01,867 --> 00:21:05,233 I was nervous for Eddie. but no one got hurt. 411 00:21:05,867 --> 00:21:06,967 That's good. 412 00:21:06,967 --> 00:21:09,266 Hopefully, tomorrow's a better day. 413 00:21:09,266 --> 00:21:10,967 So, yeah. Let's just get things buttoned up. 414 00:21:10,967 --> 00:21:13,934 We'll get out here early in the morning, and we'll hit it again. 415 00:21:15,767 --> 00:21:17,834 Give the old call a try. 416 00:21:22,033 --> 00:21:24,033 [narrator] Back in Nome... 417 00:21:26,367 --> 00:21:30,500 Anything could happen right now. What will happen next? 418 00:21:30,500 --> 00:21:34,033 [narrator] ...the Kellys are completely revolutionizing their operation... 419 00:21:35,967 --> 00:21:37,333 [Kris] How? 420 00:21:39,266 --> 00:21:42,767 [narrator] ...ff they can only figure out the instructions. 421 00:21:42,767 --> 00:21:44,767 Mmm. Very strange. Very strange. 422 00:21:44,767 --> 00:21:47,500 Well, if we have to drill through it, we have to drill through it. 423 00:21:47,500 --> 00:21:52,166 The issue is the map is off on all of the pole holes. 424 00:21:52,166 --> 00:21:54,200 The skis are gonna go together. 425 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,066 It is what it is. 426 00:21:56,066 --> 00:21:59,467 Skis are gonna help us transport the operation on the ice. 427 00:21:59,467 --> 00:22:01,300 But the instructions don't make sense. 428 00:22:01,300 --> 00:22:05,200 I'm sure when secret agents get their schematics in blueprints, 429 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:06,767 they don't get it right on the first time. 430 00:22:06,767 --> 00:22:09,367 And that's all that's happening here. 431 00:22:09,367 --> 00:22:12,300 This weapon will take us straight to the top. 432 00:22:12,300 --> 00:22:15,867 We just gotta figure out how to put it together. 433 00:22:15,867 --> 00:22:20,567 Next on the agenda is: we're gonna get the plastic on the skis. 434 00:22:42,500 --> 00:22:47,033 The hose has a 75-foot radius. That's half of the diameter. 435 00:22:47,033 --> 00:22:50,867 So you gotta do some math right now 'cause this is where it's gonna excel. 436 00:22:50,867 --> 00:22:56,033 75 foot radius. So that's times 3.14. 437 00:22:56,033 --> 00:23:00,467 That's, like, 230 feet of area 438 00:23:00,467 --> 00:23:02,967 that we're gonna [bleep] cleanout per hole. 439 00:23:02,967 --> 00:23:04,533 Oh, yeah, baby! 440 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:08,767 -Hey, Vernon. -Howdy. 441 00:23:08,767 --> 00:23:11,500 [Kris] Vernon came by to check out my crawler. 442 00:23:11,500 --> 00:23:13,967 I know he's just drinking the haterade. 443 00:23:13,967 --> 00:23:16,767 He actually had one in the past, and it was a joke. 444 00:23:16,767 --> 00:23:18,166 [Vernon] Oh, man. 445 00:23:18,166 --> 00:23:19,767 Oh! 446 00:23:19,767 --> 00:23:22,300 [exclaiming] 447 00:23:22,300 --> 00:23:25,767 Vernon's the last guy I really want advice from on this subject, 448 00:23:25,767 --> 00:23:29,133 and mine's, like, ten generations more advanced than his was. 449 00:23:29,133 --> 00:23:33,266 But, hey, I'll show the guy some top-of-the-line technology. 450 00:23:33,266 --> 00:23:36,367 -So what do you think of this badass little thing? -I like it. 451 00:23:36,367 --> 00:23:40,567 It really got a bunch of bells and whistles- extras- on it. 452 00:23:40,567 --> 00:23:45,166 Hydraulic rams, water jet... 453 00:23:45,166 --> 00:23:47,300 So, you know, like, the nozzle will have two jets. 454 00:23:47,300 --> 00:23:50,367 -Just, like, spray-down jets at the same time. -Uh-huh. 455 00:23:50,367 --> 00:23:51,767 And I'll have a camera right here 456 00:23:51,767 --> 00:23:55,166 -looking down on my nozzle. -Yeah. 457 00:23:55,166 --> 00:23:57,200 [Kris] So everything's exactly the same thing as last winter, 458 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:01,200 except that instead of a diver going underneath the water, moving the nozzle, 459 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,133 this thing's the nozzle. 460 00:24:03,133 --> 00:24:06,667 -Get him a little saddle and a control station. -Saddle? [bleep] 461 00:24:06,667 --> 00:24:08,200 I'm staying right here. 462 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:10,667 Oh. Anyways, that's a sweet-looking rig. I like it. 463 00:24:10,667 --> 00:24:11,967 [Kris] Thanks, Vernon. 464 00:24:11,967 --> 00:24:13,934 -I'll see y'all later. -Okay, Vernon. 465 00:24:16,066 --> 00:24:17,367 Hey, do you think it's gonna work? 466 00:24:19,767 --> 00:24:21,367 I think it'll work. 467 00:24:23,767 --> 00:24:25,867 You know why he didn't really joke around? 468 00:24:25,867 --> 00:24:27,400 He's pissed that we even got this. 469 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:28,967 -Give me some love, baby. -Yeah, some of that. 470 00:24:28,967 --> 00:24:30,033 Yeah. 471 00:24:30,033 --> 00:24:32,767 You know, everybody knows this is gonna work. 472 00:24:32,767 --> 00:24:34,133 Everybody knows it. 473 00:24:34,133 --> 00:24:39,166 All I have to do is put the cameras and lights on this thing, 474 00:24:39,166 --> 00:24:40,400 and I'm ready to go. 475 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:42,066 So I'm, like, that close. 476 00:24:42,066 --> 00:24:45,500 My camera is right here at the [bleep] nozzle, 477 00:24:45,500 --> 00:24:51,166 and I hope to God this [bleep] camera right here can see chunks of gold. 478 00:24:51,166 --> 00:24:53,033 We're supposed to get this bad boy 479 00:24:53,033 --> 00:24:55,266 up and running today, but that's not happening. 480 00:24:56,066 --> 00:24:57,867 We still gotta put her back in the cage 481 00:24:57,867 --> 00:25:00,367 and pull her all the way down on the ice. 482 00:25:00,367 --> 00:25:02,767 Hopefully, we can pull this off tomorrow, 483 00:25:02,767 --> 00:25:06,500 and when we do, hopefully we get very, very, very rich. 484 00:25:06,500 --> 00:25:07,667 Trust me. 485 00:25:07,667 --> 00:25:10,066 I don't have time to test everything out. 486 00:25:10,066 --> 00:25:12,166 I just gotta get there and make money. 487 00:25:12,166 --> 00:25:14,934 Long story short: I need to make money. 488 00:25:26,066 --> 00:25:28,300 Sometimes I just have to check the social media 489 00:25:28,300 --> 00:25:33,867 and see what all my friends out there in cyber space have got to say. 490 00:25:33,867 --> 00:25:38,667 [narrator] And now another episode of Social Hour with Vernon. 491 00:25:38,667 --> 00:25:42,500 [Vernon reading] 492 00:25:42,500 --> 00:25:45,033 Well, that was pretty drunk. 493 00:25:45,033 --> 00:25:48,867 It was in Hawaii, in Waipahu. 494 00:25:48,867 --> 00:25:52,200 I remember sitting and drinking a bottle of 151. 495 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:55,166 And then I drunk another bottle of 151. 496 00:25:55,166 --> 00:25:58,200 And then I got pissed off 'cause they were out of 151, 497 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:02,300 so I went on down the road, walked into this other bar, and they wouldn't serve me. 498 00:26:02,300 --> 00:26:06,500 I got into a fight with three Samoans, but refrigerator-sized. 499 00:26:06,500 --> 00:26:07,967 Needless to say, they won. 500 00:26:07,967 --> 00:26:10,567 Then that damn [bleeped]. 501 00:26:12,567 --> 00:26:15,266 ...whopped my ass- I mean- royally. 502 00:26:15,266 --> 00:26:16,767 [bleeped] 503 00:26:16,767 --> 00:26:18,266 ...jumped up and down on it. 504 00:26:18,266 --> 00:26:20,400 [bleeped] 505 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:23,667 I was just...I was discoing my ass off [bleeped]. 506 00:26:23,667 --> 00:26:26,200 Flowers and paisleys and waterbeds... 507 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:27,967 [bleeped] 508 00:26:27,967 --> 00:26:31,300 Same thing with bears. [bleeped] 509 00:26:31,300 --> 00:26:35,266 On Tu Do Street in Saigon, back in 1966. 510 00:26:35,266 --> 00:26:37,333 And then they was all coming in to [bleep]. 511 00:26:42,300 --> 00:26:44,400 They took me to the hospital. 512 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,867 And that was my car- the whole front end caved in. 513 00:26:46,867 --> 00:26:49,867 Then somebody told me, "Vernon, do you remember what happened last night?" 514 00:26:49,867 --> 00:26:51,467 Well, no. I didn't remember. 515 00:26:51,467 --> 00:26:55,200 But then, I thought I went back down to the bar where it started. 516 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:58,400 I'm sitting there at the end of the bar all beat to [bleep] . 517 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,500 And the lady that ran the place- big Mama-Yama Gucci- 518 00:27:01,500 --> 00:27:07,166 she walked by, and she said, "You poor soul. Vernon, do you need a job?" 519 00:27:07,166 --> 00:27:08,433 So she put me behind the bar, 520 00:27:08,433 --> 00:27:11,967 and I ended up bartending in this little strip joint bar a year. 521 00:27:11,967 --> 00:27:14,400 One of the best years I've ever had in my life. 522 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:18,333 [narrator] This has been another episode of Social Hour with Vernon. 523 00:27:28,367 --> 00:27:31,000 How's it going down there? 524 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,734 [Zeke] Everything's going well. 525 00:27:33,734 --> 00:27:36,166 I like the ground that I'm looking at. 526 00:27:36,166 --> 00:27:37,567 [narrator] Four hours in, 527 00:27:37,567 --> 00:27:40,367 and Zeke's mission to clean out the first hole of the season 528 00:27:40,367 --> 00:27:42,266 is nearly complete. 529 00:27:42,266 --> 00:27:44,066 [Zeke speaking] 530 00:27:57,367 --> 00:27:59,166 Well, that's good to hear, man. 531 00:28:03,266 --> 00:28:04,166 [Zeke] I don't think I'm gonna have 532 00:28:04,166 --> 00:28:05,667 that much more time under here, though. 533 00:28:14,567 --> 00:28:17,166 That sounds good, man. You should come up. 534 00:28:17,166 --> 00:28:19,800 [Zeke] All right. I'll see you up top. 535 00:28:22,367 --> 00:28:23,834 It's been a long day. 536 00:28:23,834 --> 00:28:27,266 Yeah, man. Zeke's the champ, dude. He's the man of the hour. 537 00:28:27,266 --> 00:28:31,100 We finished this out. So, yeah. We're done. 538 00:28:31,100 --> 00:28:34,233 We got all the gold in this spot. We're off to the next one. 539 00:28:50,934 --> 00:28:53,000 Bit out of breath. 540 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:54,834 Yeah. 541 00:28:54,834 --> 00:28:56,734 That was a good... That was a solid one, 542 00:28:56,734 --> 00:28:59,166 and I'm not in, like, the most great shape. 543 00:28:59,166 --> 00:29:02,834 Oh, dude. Just needs a [bleep] long haul with this. 544 00:29:02,834 --> 00:29:04,367 Ice-mining's no joke. 545 00:29:04,367 --> 00:29:06,100 It punishes your mind and body, 546 00:29:06,100 --> 00:29:07,934 especially when you put in long hours. 547 00:29:07,934 --> 00:29:09,567 And, yes, I've got a great team. 548 00:29:09,567 --> 00:29:11,934 And that'll be perfect for this next hole. 549 00:29:11,934 --> 00:29:13,567 We'll get hours around the clock. 550 00:29:13,567 --> 00:29:16,834 But today, I just had to put on my big-boy pants 551 00:29:16,834 --> 00:29:18,834 and go clean out this hole myself. 552 00:29:18,834 --> 00:29:21,767 And that's exactly what I did, so I'm stoked. 553 00:29:21,767 --> 00:29:23,834 I still expect myself to, like... 554 00:29:23,834 --> 00:29:29,000 To physically be at the level that I was at when I was 24. 555 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,667 When I was 24, I would be able to, like, go and do, like, 556 00:29:32,667 --> 00:29:35,033 eight hours, like, pretty easily, you know. 557 00:29:35,033 --> 00:29:38,500 Now it's, like, I do, like, five hours, and I'm, like, [groans] 558 00:29:38,500 --> 00:29:43,166 But, like, there's no reason why I think that as we get older, 559 00:29:43,166 --> 00:29:45,033 we can't just be in the best shape of our lives 560 00:29:45,033 --> 00:29:46,600 and get in better and better and better shape. 561 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:48,367 There are people that do that [bleep]. 562 00:29:48,367 --> 00:29:49,500 There's no excuses. 563 00:29:49,500 --> 00:29:52,166 You just gotta do it every day, and keep doing it. 564 00:29:52,166 --> 00:29:54,266 Drink lots of water. 565 00:29:54,266 --> 00:29:56,467 This may have been a brutal push, 566 00:29:56,467 --> 00:29:59,367 but I could tell that this cleanup is gonna make it worth it. 567 00:29:59,367 --> 00:30:00,834 And then we'll be on to the next one. 568 00:30:00,834 --> 00:30:03,266 We keep on moving forward, day after day. 569 00:30:03,266 --> 00:30:06,166 I've gotta make this my biggest winter season ever. 570 00:30:06,166 --> 00:30:10,000 I was just crashing down there. Crashing hard. 571 00:30:12,033 --> 00:30:14,333 I wanna get on another hole, and as soon as possible. 572 00:30:19,467 --> 00:30:21,734 [narrator] Five miles east... 573 00:30:27,166 --> 00:30:29,767 [Shawn] Wow. The gold's good down here, Joe. 574 00:30:29,767 --> 00:30:32,367 It's looking good. 575 00:30:32,367 --> 00:30:36,467 [narrator] ...pursuing his mission under the thickest ice in years... 576 00:30:36,467 --> 00:30:39,600 [Joe speaking] 577 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:42,767 [Shawn] Yep. I'm clear. 578 00:30:42,767 --> 00:30:46,734 [narrator] ...Pomrenke, Shawn Pomrenke, is right in the thick of it. 579 00:30:46,734 --> 00:30:48,734 [Shawn] Come on, gold. 580 00:30:48,734 --> 00:30:51,467 I need gold cutlets. 581 00:30:51,467 --> 00:30:54,000 So what do you think of that ground out in front of you? 582 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:55,567 We got a day or two running? 583 00:30:55,567 --> 00:30:59,000 [Shawn] Yeah. Looks like there's some fresh ground out in front of us. 584 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:03,166 [Joe speaking] 585 00:31:03,166 --> 00:31:04,567 [Shawn] Yeah. Oh, yeah. 586 00:31:04,567 --> 00:31:07,367 I'm excited to see what's in there. 587 00:31:07,367 --> 00:31:08,834 [bleep], yeah. 588 00:31:14,033 --> 00:31:15,934 [Shawn] It's pretty dark down here now. 589 00:31:15,934 --> 00:31:18,066 [Joe speaking] 590 00:31:19,767 --> 00:31:23,834 We got about 15 minutes of daylight left up top here. 591 00:31:23,834 --> 00:31:25,567 [Shawn] 10, 4. 592 00:31:25,567 --> 00:31:28,567 I'll work my way up. 593 00:31:55,166 --> 00:31:57,667 When you get down on the bottom and you look up, 594 00:31:57,667 --> 00:32:00,467 you're in 30 feet of water, and you can touch the ice, 595 00:32:00,467 --> 00:32:03,266 scares the [bleep] out of you for a second. That's for sure. 596 00:32:03,266 --> 00:32:06,567 But then you see that gold, and all that fear goes away. 597 00:32:06,567 --> 00:32:10,567 I have to stay on top this way. I can't let anything rattle me. 598 00:32:10,567 --> 00:32:12,667 This spot- it's loaded. 599 00:32:12,667 --> 00:32:16,433 Looking good, boys. Getting some gold. 600 00:32:17,734 --> 00:32:19,834 We'll be rich by summer. 601 00:32:19,834 --> 00:32:21,367 Gotta grab the gold. 602 00:32:21,367 --> 00:32:24,100 We don't wanna forget that tub out here. 603 00:32:26,567 --> 00:32:28,066 Ah! 604 00:32:29,033 --> 00:32:30,266 [grunts] 605 00:32:30,266 --> 00:32:32,433 Precious cargo. 606 00:32:35,166 --> 00:32:36,667 Good day. Good day. 607 00:32:36,667 --> 00:32:39,166 Now it was worth it. 608 00:32:45,867 --> 00:32:49,567 [man] I remember my first time up in Nome. It was December time. 609 00:32:49,567 --> 00:32:54,133 I remember the first time I got my mask sucked off my face. 610 00:32:54,133 --> 00:32:57,467 When it came off my face, I mean, I did everything I could. I couldn't find it. 611 00:32:57,467 --> 00:33:03,467 I remember hitting the bottom and pushing myself back up to the top. I almost drowned. 612 00:33:03,467 --> 00:33:05,767 I said my Hail Mary, and I closed my eyes. 613 00:33:05,767 --> 00:33:10,066 I mean, my legs were tired, and I just whoop. I mean, I went under. 614 00:33:10,066 --> 00:33:14,467 And my tender jumped off the boat, you know, pulled me up, 615 00:33:14,467 --> 00:33:16,467 threw me on the boat, you know, so... 616 00:33:16,467 --> 00:33:20,867 Here, you can't do that. I mean, if something's going wrong, 617 00:33:20,867 --> 00:33:23,467 you have to get out of the hole, you know. 618 00:33:23,467 --> 00:33:27,400 I can't make it 30 feet to get him, so, you know, 619 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:30,233 that's just a realistic thing about being in the ice is, you know, 620 00:33:30,233 --> 00:33:31,667 you air is number one. 621 00:33:31,667 --> 00:33:34,233 And your mask is your air, so... 622 00:33:34,233 --> 00:33:37,667 Everybody has that situation happen to them, you know, 623 00:33:37,667 --> 00:33:39,734 and it happened to Eddie today. 624 00:33:49,367 --> 00:33:51,266 [Zeke low whistles] 625 00:33:51,266 --> 00:33:53,600 I'm gonna go set up the cleanup sluice. 626 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,133 We got the stash. 627 00:33:56,567 --> 00:33:59,467 [narrator] Now that the book has been closed on the crew's first hole, 628 00:33:59,467 --> 00:34:02,600 it's time to see what's in the box. 629 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:04,600 [Zeke] I got my little cleanup sluice out here. 630 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:08,867 My idea just is burn through these cleanups as quickly as we can 631 00:34:08,867 --> 00:34:11,500 so we know how we're doing. 632 00:34:11,500 --> 00:34:14,166 Like I said, I'm trying to be fast and efficient. 633 00:34:14,166 --> 00:34:16,967 That's why while I'm doing this cleanup here with Nate, 634 00:34:16,967 --> 00:34:19,266 the rest of the team is out scouting our next hole. 635 00:34:19,266 --> 00:34:23,166 I don't wanna waste any time this winter because I just can't afford it. 636 00:34:23,166 --> 00:34:28,166 I'm gonna light up this torch and dry this gold out outside. 637 00:34:33,567 --> 00:34:35,634 Nice. 638 00:34:37,367 --> 00:34:38,834 What have we got? 639 00:34:38,834 --> 00:34:40,900 Exciting stuff. 640 00:34:44,834 --> 00:34:47,166 Okay. One ounce. 641 00:34:48,934 --> 00:34:51,166 Two. 642 00:34:51,166 --> 00:34:53,400 Three. Three ounces. 643 00:34:54,567 --> 00:34:56,934 Four. 644 00:34:56,934 --> 00:35:00,667 All right. Should have five ounces, six ounces. 645 00:35:01,867 --> 00:35:04,166 6.56. 646 00:35:04,166 --> 00:35:09,333 6.66. 647 00:35:09,333 --> 00:35:14,934 [narrator] 6.66 ounces is worth a devilish $12,500. 648 00:35:14,934 --> 00:35:15,867 [Zeke] All right. 649 00:35:15,867 --> 00:35:17,567 [narrator] And thanks to Zeke's hard work, 650 00:35:17,567 --> 00:35:21,166 the team has bagged their biggest cleanout of the season. 651 00:35:21,166 --> 00:35:22,834 Good start. 652 00:35:22,834 --> 00:35:24,500 -It's a great start. -Yeah. 653 00:35:24,500 --> 00:35:26,500 I'm happy with it. 654 00:35:26,500 --> 00:35:28,266 Okay, this makes me feel pretty good. 655 00:35:28,266 --> 00:35:31,433 That's a stellar number, especially for a solo dive. 656 00:35:31,433 --> 00:35:33,734 Honestly, I think the gold is gonna be a lot better 657 00:35:33,734 --> 00:35:35,834 as we follow this pressure ridge. 658 00:35:35,834 --> 00:35:38,467 And then we can get all four of us working one after another, 659 00:35:38,467 --> 00:35:39,734 and we can just light it up. 660 00:35:39,734 --> 00:35:41,867 I think we're headed in the right direction. 661 00:35:41,867 --> 00:35:44,333 But we need to get more ounces than that. 662 00:35:44,333 --> 00:35:47,000 The only thing to do is just get on to the next hole. 663 00:35:49,367 --> 00:35:50,667 We're just getting going. 664 00:35:53,367 --> 00:35:55,066 [narrator] Back in Nome... 665 00:35:59,467 --> 00:36:01,934 [phone rings] 666 00:36:03,467 --> 00:36:06,734 -What up, sucker? Howdy. -Hello. 667 00:36:06,734 --> 00:36:08,600 [narrator] ...Jane checks in with headquarters 668 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:12,467 to give the lowdown to a very pregnant Emily Riedel. 669 00:36:12,467 --> 00:36:14,600 I hope I don't send you into labor. 670 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:17,767 [Emily] Give me the bad news, and I'll be ready to, like, call my midwife. 671 00:36:17,767 --> 00:36:22,266 Emily, one of my best friends, is in Homer, and she's eight months pregnant. 672 00:36:22,266 --> 00:36:25,667 So there's a lot on her mind, and there's a lot for her to deal with. 673 00:36:25,667 --> 00:36:28,734 So the last thing I wanna do is to make her, like, worry even more 674 00:36:28,734 --> 00:36:31,367 about what's going on with our ice-mining operation. 675 00:36:31,367 --> 00:36:34,600 But I do have to let her know some things that are going on. 676 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:38,467 Well, first we had Eddie go down, but he had a little trouble equalizing. 677 00:36:38,467 --> 00:36:43,100 And then when he did make it down, he came right back. 678 00:36:43,100 --> 00:36:44,266 He was having mask trouble. 679 00:36:44,266 --> 00:36:46,734 The mask just didn't fit him. 680 00:36:46,734 --> 00:36:49,166 -[Emily] He's got a big old head. -Yeah. 681 00:36:49,166 --> 00:36:53,066 But it makes me nervous just because he can't swim. 682 00:36:53,066 --> 00:36:56,734 [Emily] If you can't swim, it just means you haven't spent any time in the water, 683 00:36:56,734 --> 00:36:58,500 and you're probably not the most comfortable. 684 00:36:58,500 --> 00:37:01,867 And panic is, like, what puts you in danger 685 00:37:01,867 --> 00:37:04,100 much more often than anything else. 686 00:37:04,100 --> 00:37:07,600 So we pulled him out of the water quick and called it a day. 687 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:09,600 -Yeah. -It's, like, you know, 688 00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:12,734 two steps forward, one step back. 689 00:37:12,734 --> 00:37:15,166 Soon, like, hopefully, we'll just be diving 690 00:37:15,166 --> 00:37:16,467 'cause I feel like we're working... 691 00:37:16,467 --> 00:37:19,467 Literally every kink out that can happen, we're working them out. 692 00:37:19,467 --> 00:37:22,967 The obvious thing is that everything's frozen every day, 693 00:37:22,967 --> 00:37:26,100 and we have to unthaw everything every day, for hours. 694 00:37:26,100 --> 00:37:28,934 But I guess that's par for the course. 695 00:37:28,934 --> 00:37:30,433 [Emily] That's ice mining. It's, like, everything. 696 00:37:30,433 --> 00:37:34,333 It's, like, Murphy's Law but, like, expanded. 697 00:37:34,333 --> 00:37:36,867 So, like, everything that can go wrong does go wrong. 698 00:37:36,867 --> 00:37:38,100 -Yeah, that's happening. -It's like... 699 00:37:38,100 --> 00:37:40,834 It's the reality of ice mining. Oh, my gosh. 700 00:37:40,834 --> 00:37:45,967 Luckily, talking to Emily- she, like, was able to put our troubles into perspective. 701 00:37:45,967 --> 00:37:48,166 That's just the nature of the beast up here 702 00:37:48,166 --> 00:37:49,500 when you're dealing with the ice. 703 00:37:49,500 --> 00:37:51,467 There's times where nothing's gonna go right, 704 00:37:51,467 --> 00:37:55,333 but I need to start finding locations where, like, something goes right. 705 00:37:55,333 --> 00:37:56,600 Like, a lot. 706 00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:59,100 Especially soon because we don't have any gold. 707 00:37:59,100 --> 00:38:00,934 Well, I hope everything's okay. 708 00:38:00,934 --> 00:38:02,166 [Emily] Yeah. I mean, you know. 709 00:38:02,166 --> 00:38:04,166 Every time I, like, have to roll over in bed, it's, like, 710 00:38:04,166 --> 00:38:08,567 operating a forklift on myself. 711 00:38:08,567 --> 00:38:10,166 [Jane] You could actually have your baby at any time right now. 712 00:38:10,166 --> 00:38:11,433 [Emily] I know. 713 00:38:11,433 --> 00:38:12,934 I'm so excited for you. 714 00:38:12,934 --> 00:38:15,166 [Emily] See how it goes. I mean, how much harder can it be 715 00:38:15,166 --> 00:38:17,000 than gold-mining up in the north? 716 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:20,967 Oh, no. It's... No. You'll find out. [laughs] 717 00:38:20,967 --> 00:38:23,000 -[Emily] Let's keep in touch. -All right. 718 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:25,467 -[Emily] Gotta go. -Okay. Over and out. 719 00:38:25,467 --> 00:38:27,400 Gotta get to work. 720 00:38:32,467 --> 00:38:34,400 [narrator] Just outside of town... 721 00:38:38,367 --> 00:38:40,367 Yeah. We need to do a cleanup. 722 00:38:40,367 --> 00:38:44,233 See what the Bering Sea's provided us this go around. 723 00:38:45,834 --> 00:38:48,100 [narrator] ...after diving under shifting sheets of ice, 724 00:38:48,100 --> 00:38:51,100 Mr. Gold's hoping to ice the competition. 725 00:38:51,100 --> 00:38:55,233 [Shawn] Got the cleanup shack all ready to rock and roll. 726 00:38:58,000 --> 00:38:59,634 Got the dirt. 727 00:39:00,467 --> 00:39:02,500 We gotta get her done. 728 00:39:02,500 --> 00:39:05,266 I don't want anybody getting more gold than me this winter, 729 00:39:05,266 --> 00:39:07,734 but I got Chris McCully breathing down my neck. 730 00:39:07,734 --> 00:39:09,734 I don't care how thick the ice is. 731 00:39:09,734 --> 00:39:12,333 If there's gold under there, I'm gonna get it. 732 00:39:12,333 --> 00:39:16,233 And by the looks of it, it's gonna be worth the risk. 733 00:39:27,567 --> 00:39:31,166 Throw it out on the scale, and see how we've done. 734 00:39:33,967 --> 00:39:37,900 Five. 10. 735 00:39:40,100 --> 00:39:42,166 14.85. 736 00:39:42,166 --> 00:39:46,367 [narrator] 14.85 ounces is worth over $28,000... 737 00:39:46,367 --> 00:39:47,567 Money. 738 00:39:47,567 --> 00:39:51,433 [narrator] ...and proof that Shawn's mission was a success. 739 00:39:51,433 --> 00:39:54,500 Heck, yeah! [laughs] 740 00:39:54,500 --> 00:39:56,233 That will put a smile on your face. 741 00:39:57,600 --> 00:39:59,467 That's what I'm talking about. 742 00:39:59,467 --> 00:40:02,166 We're gonna be able to get a lot out of here for a while. 743 00:40:02,166 --> 00:40:05,667 That's a good thing 'cause right now, there's no time to let up. 744 00:40:05,667 --> 00:40:06,800 Nice. 745 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:10,367 You gotta keep the pedal to the metal to the very last day. 746 00:40:10,367 --> 00:40:13,634 -Not bad. -No, dude. 747 00:40:19,100 --> 00:40:21,533 [narrator] Shawn climbs back to the top of the heap, 748 00:40:22,734 --> 00:40:26,000 while Agent Tenhoff makes some noise of his own. 749 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:33,266 Next time on Bering Sea Gold... 750 00:40:33,266 --> 00:40:34,367 It's pretty beautiful, huh? 751 00:40:34,367 --> 00:40:36,834 My little brother on the way to make me money. 752 00:40:36,834 --> 00:40:39,266 I love it when a plan comes together. 753 00:40:39,266 --> 00:40:42,734 It's time to show everybody I'm gonna make this work. 754 00:40:42,734 --> 00:40:48,533 [diver] It's really sketchy. There's a lot of big pieces of ice hanging overhead. 755 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:52,000 We're on to gold. That's what's important. 756 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:56,000 What you gotta do is just keep plugging away until you hit. 757 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,100 With two divers working together, 758 00:40:58,100 --> 00:41:01,367 we should be able to increase productivity quite a bit. 759 00:41:01,367 --> 00:41:04,500 I really can't wait to find out if this is a good ground. 760 00:41:04,500 --> 00:41:06,367 [diver] It's gonna be a long night. 761 00:41:06,367 --> 00:41:07,400 This is the hole. 762 00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:09,667 [laughter] 763 00:41:10,734 --> 00:41:12,166 Getting close. 764 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:15,233 [grunts] 765 00:41:17,166 --> 00:41:18,834 [man] I'm sorry? Can you repeat that?